INDEX 



427 



Hedgehog, 414 ; destruction of eggs 



by, 277 



Henry, Prince, the " Navigator," 118 

 " Hermit birds," instances of, 318-323 

 Herod Agrippa, 18 

 Heron, a solitary, 320 

 Herons, 255, 309 

 Hesiod on the longevity of ravens, 1 56, 



419 



Hibou, the, 16 

 Hilton, 364 

 Himalayas, 84 

 Hindu Rush, 84 



Hood, his lines on the raven, 121 

 Hoopoe, 413 



Horace, his epithet for the raven, 157 

 Hornuglc or storugle, 16 

 Horsmonden Rectory, Kent, 22 

 Hough ton, Coombe of, 174 

 House-martins, 188, 218. See Martins 

 House-sparrows, 195. See Sparrows 

 Hudson, Mr W. H., xiii, 146, 173 ; on 



the mischief done by voles, 49 ; his 



Birds and Man, 175 note ; on the 



chatter of a magpie, 302 

 Hugh, St, of Lincoln, 119 

 Hungary over -run by voles, 49 

 Hyde Park, a solitary magpie in, 319 

 Hylas, on the owl's method of issuing 



from the egg, 43 



ICELAND, 83, 239; discovery of, by 



ravens, 140 

 Indians, North American, their belief 



in owls, 24 ; in ravens, 1 1 1 

 Inkpen Beacon, 337 

 lona, 118 

 Ireland, 84 ; history of the magpie in, 



324 

 Italy, name for the magpie in, 292, 313 



JACKDAW, 389 ; characteristics, 389, 



393 ; nests, 390 ; want of judgment, 

 391 ; attachment to his mate, 393 

 James's Park, St, magpies in, 306 

 Jay, the, 412 ; her nest, 305 

 Jeffreys, Richard, xiii 

 Jervis, victory of, in 1797, Il8 

 Johnson, Dr, his Tour in the Hebrides, 

 92 



K BARTON, Mr, xiii 



Keats, John, his line on the owl, 55 



Kenisata-1-gorab, or " The church of 

 the raven," 118 



Kenton brook, 399 



Kestrel, 350, 390 



Kingfisher, 238, 394 ; nest, 395 ; mode 

 of securing her prey, 396 ; feeding 

 her young, 397 ; flight, 398 ; appear- 

 ance, 398 ; instinct, 399 ; legends, 

 400 ; mention of, in poetry, 401 



Kingsley, Charles, his definition of a 

 good gamekeeper, 233 



Kingston, 387 



Kingston Lacy, 96 ; park of, 141, 148 



Kippoz, the, 16 



Kites, use of, 68 ; the fork-tailed, 177 



Knighton, 184, 231 ; Heath, 36, 44; 

 raven's nest on, 150 ; Wood, 67 



Koran, mention of the raven in, 77 



K6s, the, 1 6 



Kurile Islands, 83 



Lady of the Lake, lines from, 88 



Lamb, Charles, his Essays on Elia, 131 



note 



Land-rail, 273 

 Langton, 23 



Languedoc, belief in ravens, 112 

 Lapland, 239 

 Lapwings, 268 



Lawrence, Lord, his proverb, 375 

 Lebanon, the, 84 



