430 



INDEX 



Paul, St, the Hermit, 116 



Peel, Lord, anecdote of a hare pursued 

 by owls, 48 ; his thatched cottages, 

 190 



Peewit, 58, 25$ 



Penda, king of Mercia, 118 



Penny, Rev. J., headmaster of Bland- 

 ford Grammar School, 2, 142 



Pentridge, 338 



Peregrine falcon, 177 



Peshawur, ravens at, 100 



Petrels, or " mutton-birds/* 397 



Phalanthus and the white raven, 91 



Pheasant, the cock, 238 ; a hermit, 321 ; 

 laying her eggs, 275, 277 ; nest in a 

 tree, 279 



Philip 1 1. of Spain, 18 



Piddletrenthide, 413 



Pigeons, 411 ; protected by owls, 31 



Pliny, extract from his Natural History, 

 on the great-horned owl, 42 ; on the 

 funeral of a raven in Rome, 104-106 ; 

 on the omens portended by ravens, 

 123 ; on the capabilities of a magpie, 

 328 ; on the longevity of the stag, 

 420 



Plover, the golden, 255 



Poacher, definition of a, 233 



Pochard, 266 



Poe, Edgar Allan, his poem on the 

 raven, 80, 124 



Poitou, " pye-worship " in, 313 



Pole-trap, abolition of, xii ; cruelty of, 

 26 ; protest against, 26, 72 ; demand 

 for the abolition, 73 



Poole, 151 ; Harbour, 338 



Pope, Alexander, his lines on the mag- 

 pie, 327 



Portland, Isle of, 337 



Provincial Names of British Birds, ex- 

 tract from, 120 note 



Puddleton Heath, 23 



Puddletown, 33, 307 ; pits of, 308 

 Puffin, its razor-like bill, 95 

 Pyrenees, 84 



QUANTOCKS, 337 



Quixote, Don, on King Arthur changed 

 into a raven, 147 



RABBITS, 263 



Ramsbury, 175 



Rats, 32 ; procession of, 33 



Ravens, 76 ; characteristics, 76, 86, 

 159; mention of, in the Bible, 77, 

 87, 114, 128 ; in the Koran, 77 ; by 

 Shakespeare, 79, 90 ; in fable, 80 ; 

 historical and literary pre-eminence, 

 80 ; geographical range, 83-85 ; nest, 

 94, 145 ; fund of humour, 86, 328 ; 

 legends of, 88-90 ; a white, 91 ; 

 names, 92 ; food, 93-97 ; respect for 

 his neighbours, 95 ; love of carrion, 

 97 ; their modus operandi, 98 ; pas- 

 sion for solitude, 99 ; convocation at 

 Athens, loo ; character of the beak, 

 1 02 ; tributes to their strength and 

 courage, 103 ; funeral of a, 105 ; 

 prophets of evil, 108 ; mention of, in 

 poetry, 108-110, 121, 124 ; appear- 

 ances of, to the House of Hapsburg, 

 no ; powers after death, ill ; beliefs 

 in, ill ; in Sweden, in ; other 

 countries, 112 ; the raven-stone, 112 ; 

 services rendered to St Athanasius, 

 115 ; St Antony, 115 ; St Benedict, 

 116; St Vincent, 117; St Oswald, 

 118 ; St Hugh of Lincoln, 119; St 

 Meinrad, 119 ; neglect of their 

 young, 127-130; parental affection, 

 133 ; the sacred bird of Odin, 134 ; 

 the raven-standard, 135 ; messengers 

 of the gods, 138 ; act as pilots, 139 ; 

 eggs, 145 ; nests at Badbury Rings, 



