INDEX. 



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Magpie, the, superstition* fancies respecting - - 120 



Mark wick, Mr. his account of a rookery - 109 



Moekbird, the, description of - 292 



its food - - 295 



\l . . its gesticulations and deceptious mimicries - 294 



. . .its various notes and imitative powers - 293 



Montague, Mr. his account of a carrion crow - 99 



... his attempt to tame ring-doves - - 342 



Montbeillard, M. de, his description of the missel thrush - 211 



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NavereUi's .account of a bird like the linnet t-vc - 217" 



Nuremberg, his account of the emu hatching her young - 33 



Nightingale, the. description of - - 225 

 ... directions for rearing ^ ^ 



. . '. extraordinary story of - : - 228 



.' ." _" how taken - 233 



. " . . manners of - ib. 



. . /. melody of the song of - 227 



... mode of discovering the nests of - 231 



. Tariety of its notes - 2'26 



Nuthatch, the, description of - 198 



attention of the male to his mate and of the 



female to her eggs - 200 



its manner of eating nuts - 199 



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Oriole, the icteric, manners, food, nests, &t> of - - 1 43 



. the red-winged, description of - - - 141 



, . destructive to game - - - - ib. 



. the weaver, observations on " - - - 144 



Ostrich, the, description of - - 20 



. . . blacks carried by - 27 



. . . chase of - 26 



. . . depredations of . 22 



. . easily tamed - ' -27 



