INDEX 



429 



NAPIER, Sir Charles, victory of, in 

 1833, 118 



Nash, T., on the hoot of the owl, 57 



Nelson, victory of, in 1797, 118 



Nettlecombe Tout, 349 



New Forest, 49, 151 



Newton, Professor A., 76 ; his observa- 

 tions on ravens, 96 



Night-jars, 58 note, 208 



Nightingale, 279, 369 ; mention of, by 

 Milton, 79 



Nigidius, on the habits of the eagle 

 owl, 43 



Nile, the, 240 



Norfolk mere, a day on a, 262 ; ravens 

 of, 173 



North, Christopher, Noctes A mbrosiance, 



317 

 Norway, fiords of, 240 ; magpies in, 



283, 288, 306 

 Norwich, Palace Garden, rookery 



deserted by rooks, 380 

 Notes and Queries, 122 

 " Nunnywutch," meaning of the term, 



207 

 Nut-hatch, the, 403 



ODIN, the raven, the sacred bird of, 

 134 ; his title "Hrafna-gwd," 138 ; 

 his two pet ravens, 1 38 



Oriole, the golden, 238 



Orkney Islands, 83, 239 



Oscines, or birds of omen, 78 



Oswald, St, legend of, 118 



Otter, 352 



Ovid, his lines on the owl, 25 ; legends 

 of the raven, 88, 89 



Owain, a sea-king, his army of ravens, 

 138 



Owl, the brown or tawny, 54 ; charac- 

 ter of its hoot, 54, 56-59 ; appearance, 

 55 ; the young, 55 ; partiality for 



music, 59 ; incident of a, 60 ; affec- 

 tion for its young, 64 ; for each 

 other, 65 ; laying eggs, 67 ; food, 

 67 ; strange experiences, 68 ; use in 

 falconry, 68 ; duck-hunt, 69 

 Owl, the eagle, 40 ; character of the 

 female, 40 ; prognosticates evil, 42 ; 

 mode of flying, 43 ; issuing from the 

 egg, 43 5 fighting, 43 

 Owl, the long-eared or horned, 36 ; its 

 habits, 36 ; eyes, 37 ; nest, 37 ; sound 

 made by, 39 



Owl, the short-eared, 44 ; its appear- 

 ance, 44 ; habits, 45 ; geographical 

 range, 46 ; disabilities, 46 ; normal 

 position, 47 ; character, 47 ; service 

 rendered by, 49 ; fecundity, 50 ; 

 traits, 51 ; cries, 52 



Owl, the white or the barn and the 

 screech, 5 ; resorts, 5 ; mode of 

 catching mice, 6 ; mechanism of the 

 ear, 8 ; number of pellets, 9, 10 ; 

 method of eating a mouse, 10 ; 

 laying eggs, n ; the owlets, 11-13. 

 38 ; colour and texture of the eggs, 

 15 ; cries, 15, 1 6 ; variety of names, 

 15 ; beliefs in, 17, 21, 25 ; appear- 

 ances of ; 1 8 ; prejudices against, 19 ; 

 epithets, 19 ; predictions, 19 ; shape 

 of the face, 21 ; the snowy, 23 ; un- 

 popularity amongst birds, 27 



Owlets, 11-13, 38 



Owls, the, I ; varieties of, 2 ; charac- 

 teristics, 4 ; lines on, 28 ; legend of, 

 29; protection of pigeons, 31 



Oxus, the, 240 



Oyster-catcher or sea-pye, 283 



PAMIR, the, 240 

 Paradise Lost, lines from, 108 

 Parrot, his powers of talking, 328 

 Partridges, 264, 277 ; nest, 277 



