INDEX 



Abnormalities of colour, 337 



Adelie Penguin, habits well re- 

 corded, 4 ; fighting methods, 

 297 



Adjutant, bone-swallower, 95 ; 

 pouch air-inflated, 325 



Albatross, attacking man, 63 ; 

 death-trap for, 25 ; flight of, 

 21 



American Vultures, roost sitting, 



317 



Amherst Pheasant, song of, 285 

 Apteryx, incubation, 148 ; nos- 

 trils at end of beak, 243 ; 

 whiskers, 248 ; scent, 243 ; 

 sight bad, 225 ; sleeping pose, 



317 



Argus Pheasant, mouth of, 326 

 Aristotle, on Lycian Daw, 223 ; 



on white Blackbirds, 337 

 Auks, flight and swimming of, 



26 ; young, 126 

 Avadavat, selection in hen, 242 

 Avocet, brooding pose, 113 



Babblers, Cuckoo-fosterers in 

 India, 191 ; not casting pel- 

 lets, 95 



Barbets, ancestral to Toucans, 

 35 ; habits of young, 131 ; 

 nesthole- cutting, 172 ; whis- 

 kers of, 253 



Barnby Smith, Mr. C., on Turn- 

 stone, 43 



Baya Weaver, its skilfully built 

 nest, 175 



Bearded Reedling, scratching 

 for food, 55 



Bee-eaters, burrowing of, 171 ; 



caught by fish, 299 ; dusting 



and bathing, 314; gait, 15 

 Bell-birds, metallic note of, 291 

 Berners, Dame Juliana, on 



Shrike, 283 

 Birds of Paradise, side-plumes 



degenerate, 302 

 Birds' -nesting Eagle, its peculiar 



habits, 59 



Birds of prey, feeding abnor- 

 malities in, 34 ; flight, 21,26; 



mode of seizing food, 55 ; 



pellets cast by, 94 

 Blackbird, albinoes anciently 



known, 337 ; change of colour 



in bill, 328 

 Blackcaps, exported pickled 



from Cyprus, 346 

 Blackcock, ground-bird with 



forked tail, 32 ; hybrid with 



Capercailzie, 337 

 Bonhote, Mr. J. L., his multiple 



hybrids, 335 

 Bonxie, or Great Skua, eats 



Kitti wakes, 58 

 Bower-birds, various play grounds 



of, 307 

 Brain-fever bird, an Indian 



Cuckoo, 191 

 Brazilian Teal, quarrel with 



Mallard, 275 

 Broadbills, skilful nest-builders, 



184 



Brush-Turkey, incubation- 

 period of, 158; uses foot in 



feeding, 90 

 Budgerigar, a domestic parrot, 



351 ; endurance of thirst, 



357 



