XX CONTENTS. 



Bush. Going "a-birding." The "Stanniel" or Kestrel. Origin of the 

 Two Names. The "Musket" or Sparrow-Hawk. Hawk and Hern- 

 shaw. Prices of Hawks. Hawk's Furniture. Hawk's Meat. Fal- 

 coner's Wages. Sundries ......... 49 



CHAPTER III. 



THE OWL AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 



"The Bird of Juno." "The Favourite of Minerva." "The Bird of Wis- 

 dom." Sacred to Proserpine. Use in Medicine. The Bird of Ill- 

 Omen. Its Appearance by Day. Its Habits misunderstood. Its Utility 

 to the Farmer. A Curious Tradition. Its Note or Cry. An Owl 

 Robbing Nests. Evidence not conclusive. Its Retiring Habits. Its 

 " Five Wits." Its Fame in Song. The Owl's Good Night . . .83 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE CROWS AND THEIR RELATIONS. 



The Raven : a Bird of 111 Omen. Its Supposed Prophetic Power. Its Deep 

 and Solemn Voice. The Raven's Croak foreboding Death. The 

 " Night-Raven " and " Night-Crow." The Raven's Presence on Battle- 

 fields. Its alleged Desertion of its Young. The Rook and Crow. 

 The Crow- Keeper, and "Scare-Crow." The Chough. Russet-pated 

 Choughs. The Daw, Magpie, and Jay 99 



CHAPTER V. 



THE BIRDS OF SONG. 



The Nightingale. "Lamenting Philomel." Singing against a Thorn. 

 Erroneously supposed to Sing only by Night. "Recording." 

 The Lark. "The Herald of the Morn." Singing at Heaven's Gate. 

 Song of the Lark. Soaring and Singing. Changing Eyes with Toad. 

 Lark-Catching. The Common Bunting. "The Throstle, with his 

 Note so True." Imitation of his Song. The Ouzel-Cock. The Robin- 

 Redbreast, or Ruddock. Covering the Dead with Leaves. "Redbreast 

 Teacher." "The Wren with Little Quill." Its Loud Song. The Spar- 

 row. " Philip Sparrow." Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow. The 

 Hedge-Sparrow and Cuckoo. " The Cuckoo's Bird." " Ungentle Gull." 

 " The Plain Song Cuckoo Gray." The Song of the Cuckoo. Cuckoo 

 Songs. The Wagtail, or Dishwasher. Bird-catching. Springes. Gins. 

 - Bat-fowling. Its Two Significations. Bird-Lime, Bird-Bolts, and 

 Birding-Pieces 12 j 



