INDEX 



305 



Man> from the birds' point of view, 

 37 ; the robin's pleasure in his com- 

 pany, 48 



Maxwell, Sir Herbert, on the "cursed 

 collector," 161 



Medum, representation of geese at, 

 203 



Memory of things seen, 18; of things 

 heard, 18 



Montagu's Dictionary of Birds, ac- 

 count of the jay in, 95 



Mivart, St George, on dead birds, 

 270 



N 



Naturalist, the old and new, 294 

 Nature, modern sense of the unity of, 



294 

 Newman on the Dartford warbler, 



226 



Nightingale, quality of its voice, 128. 

 Nothura maculosa, the "partridge" 



of Argentina, 252 







Ossian's address to the sun, 148 

 Owl, wood, hooting of the, 178; 



superstitions regarding the, 181 ; 



a pet, 184 

 Owls, in a village, 173 



Parrot, caged and free, 249 ; the St 

 Vincent, 250, 254 ; history of a 

 double-fronted amazon, 256 ; a lost 

 language talked by a, 258 ; lon- 

 gevity of the, 261 ; tales and legends 

 of the, 264-268 



Partridges and rabbits, 45 



Patti, Carlota, bird-like voice of, 

 128 



Peregrine falcon, fight with raven, 

 167 



Peterborough, the great Lord, and a 

 canary, 263 



Pheasant and chicks, 52 



Pigeon family, the, original notes of, 

 88 



Pigs in the New Forest, 81. 



U 



Quixote, Don, as to tradition of King 

 Arthur, 165 



R 



Rabbits, how regarded by partridges, 

 45 



Ravens, in Somerset, 160 ; aereal feat 

 of, 161 ; decrease and disappear- 

 ance of, 169-170 ; superstitious fear 

 of killing, 165; last, 170 ; tapping 

 at lighted windows, 170 



Raven tree, a, 169 



Red, in flowers, human associations 

 of, 141-145 



Redbreast, tameness of the, 48 



Reed warbler, the, in Somerset, 

 190-191 



Ruskin, "word painting," 72; on 

 cathedral daws, 73 ; on the dis- 

 tinction of beauty, 238 



Saintbury, village of, 176 ; owl super- 

 stitions at, 180 



St Vincent parrot, 250 ; anecdote of, 

 254 



Savernake Forest, early spring in, 

 76 ; daws in, 90 ; jays in, 94 



Sea-birds, protection of, 240, 242 



Seebohm, on the wood wren, 105 ; on 

 the willow wren, 117 ; on jay as- 

 semblies, 95 



Selborne, a first sight of, 284 ; changes 

 in its bird population, 293 



Sheep, tended by birds, 39 ; quarrel 

 of a spur-winged lapwing with, 44 



Sheldrake in Somerset, 191 ; tame 

 and wild, 193 ; appearance when 

 flying, 193 ; singular breeding 

 habits, 194-195 



Sigerson, Miss Dora (Mrs Shorter) 

 in " Flight of the Wild Geese," 

 213 



Skylark, song, 116 



Somerset, daws in, 59 ; rarens in, 

 160 ; red warbler in, 190 



Sound-images, their durability, 18, 

 21 



