INDEX. 



Eagle, the golden, its mode of carrying off its prey - 54 



. . . .its vindictive disposition - 55, 56 



.... nests of, plundered - - 56 



. . . remarkable for its longevity, and power 



of sustaining abstinence - 59 



.... similarity between, and the lion - 52 



Emu, the, description of - . - 3 



. . inferior in size to none but the ostrich - 31 



its food . . - 34 



. . very peculiar in hatching of its young - 33 



where found . - ' - - - - 31 



.Falcon, the chanting, description of - 78 

 attention of the male and attachment 



of the feaiale - - 79 



. the secretary, capable of being tamed - 68 



description of - - - 65 



its engagement with a serpent - 67 



. its mode of attacking and devouring 



serpents - - - 66 



... its nest - - - 68 



. . . . its shrewdness and cunning - 69 



origin of its name - - 65 



Feuillee, Father, his account of the condor 41 



Fieldfare, the, description of - 27S 



Frezier, Mr. his account of the condor's carrying off lambs 44 



Gessner's story of a nightingale - . . 228 



Goldfinch, the, description of ... 218 



. . .its gentleness and familiarity - - 19 



Goldsmith, Dr. his anecdote of a parrot ... 123 



Gore, Captain, brings over a fine ostrich from Goree - 51 



Grosbeak, the, description of . ;>,. - - 309 



its nest, eggs, food, c. . . .,; fc . 310 



