CONTENTS. 



CUAITEK VII 



I'AGE 



LtifrrliiiiU'vs ;ri\«-ii to A iiods I)y t'all-nuU's ami Actniiis <il vrvrious 

 liinU- Circat Titmouse — Blue Tit— Cole Tit— I>>ng-tailc(l Tit— 

 CnnuToriJUs I'niprnRitio of Titmice and Shrikes — (Jreat Gify 

 Shrike — Hutchrr liirJ — Former Vie of this Uinl in Falconry — 

 Ilrd-haeked Shriko more common, and Ijetler Singer — Habit of 

 impaling Insect* on Thorns 20U 



CIUiTER VIII. 



Adaptation of ditTcrent Hirds to vanoos Place* — Winter m th« 

 Fields — Skylark — Afecting locideat respecting it* Soivg' — Great 

 Tower of Vision in Birds— I'eculiarity of Eye and K>elid— I^rk 

 Fowling— Anecdote of Affection of Ijuk for its Youngs W(MKllark 

 — ()Id English Names of Bird— Meadow Pipit — Tree Pipits— Uixk 

 l*ipit— llichard's Pipit — Yellow Ammer — Com Bunting — Cirl 

 Bunting — Snow Bunting — Common, or Ilouae Sparrow — Trw 

 Sparrow 



CHAITER IX. 



...iji.i...i i-vuij. Ml oit Bird — Use in prereiiting the Growth of 

 Weeds— Siskin — Gentle Nature of the Bird — Bramhling — Chaffinch 

 — I'scs of InscctiToroos Birds in general — Great Number of 

 Inarrta, even in Britain — Various Songs of Chaffinch, duscribcd 

 by a German — Fitness of Bird for Hight, in ita Wings and in its 

 whole Structure— Common lannet — Changes of Plumage — 

 I'eaoeabic Character of the Bird— Cleanliness of Birds — Mountain 

 Linnet— Lesser Kedple — Mealy Linnet— Green Unnet — Haw- 

 finch— Cross-bill , l-^rly Building Bird — Singular Construction of 

 Bill— Mischievous Habits of Bird — SuiK-rstition resfiecting Cross- 



