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INDEX 



Dabchicks (continued} 



Discovery made in regard to, 



313 

 " Chook-a, chook-a," note of, 



3*4 



Moorhen's nest used by, to 

 sit in with chicks, 314- 

 318 ; probable origin of 

 this habit, 319 



Darwin, views of, as to origin of 

 music, 10, ii ; ignored by 

 the late Mr. F. W. H. 

 Myers, 10 



Attributes colours of tiger, 

 leopard, jaguar, &c., to 

 sexual selection, 44, 45 



" Laudetur et alget? 45 



FENLANDS, charm of the, 3 



Fieldfare, scolding of, 4 



Firs, planted near Icklingham 



fifty years ago, 4 

 Frank Buckland, his brown 



paper parcel, 85 

 His half-part edition of 



White's "Selborne," 85 



GILBERT WHITE on House- 

 Martins, 243, 249, 251, 252 ; 

 unfair treatment of, 259, 260 



Great Crested Grebe, consum- 

 mates nuptial rite on the 

 nest, 68 



Great Tit, movements of, com- 

 pared to those of long- 

 tailed tit, 17 



Green Woodpecker, nest of, 

 often seized by the starling, 

 129 ; is not much the worse 

 for this, 130, 131 ; possible 

 result of such deprivation, 



131, 132 



Feeds on ants, 31 

 Ants, how procured by, 219, 



230 

 Young of, fed by regurgitation, 



31,217,218 



Green Woodpecker (contd.) 

 Does not bring insects in beak 



to young, 216, 217 

 Almost wholly an ant eater, 



218-221 

 Contents of excrements of, 



220, 221 



Almost as salient an instance 

 of changed habits as 

 Darwin's La Plata wood- 

 pecker, 220 



Ant diet of, related to regur- 

 gitation of food in feeding 

 young, 221 



Must mate for life, 221 



Conjugal habits in winter, 221, 

 222 



Tail not required as support, 

 222 



A fighter, though the con- 

 trary has been stated, 223 



Spring tide activities of, ac- 

 count of, 224-238 



Hostile demonstrations of, 

 225 



Its method of fighting, 226- 

 230, 233, 237 



Fighting actions of, have 

 become stereotyped, 227- 

 230 



Sexual relations of, 233, 234, 

 236, 237 



Divergence of habits of, from 

 those of the family, 236, 



237 

 Ant-eating habits of, 236, 



237 

 How does it roost ? 237 



HATHERLEY steps make good 



observatory for watching 



birds, 306, 307 

 Heart of man, Chinese proverb 



in regard to, 286 

 H edge-Sparrow, steals building 



material from blackbird's 



nest, 205 





