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INDEX 



House- Martin {continued} 

 and how brought to young, 

 257-259 



ICKLINGHAM, where situated, i, 



The country about, i, 2, 4 

 Some seven miles from the 



fenlands, 56 



Incubation, is instinct of, differ- 

 entiated from parental love? 

 208 



Instinct, may sometimes have 

 grown out of mere 

 mechanical movements, 

 179-180, 184, 185, 300, 

 301 ; evidence in regard 

 to this, 1 80, 181 

 Resulting from lapsed intelli- 

 gence, 185 



"Intimations of immortality," 

 supposed, 10 



JACKDAWS, seem conscious of 



their superiority when with 



rooks, 54 



Decorate their nests, 68 

 Jaguar, theory of protective 



colouring in regard to, 



questioned, 43, 44 



KESTREL flying with peewits, 

 127 



Kissing, origin of, in man pro- 

 bably utilitarian, 211-213 

 In relation to birds, 211-213 



LANDSEER, false criticism of, 



88,89 

 Masterpiece of, removed from 



the National Gallery, 89 

 Larks, various ways of mount- 

 ing and descending of, 

 107, 1 08 

 Individual variety in flight of, 



1 08 

 Winter ways of, 108, 109 



Larks (continued} 



Piping note in winter of, 109 

 Song in February of, 109 

 Chases d trois of, 109 

 Change locality according to 



season, 110 



Leopard, theory of protective 

 colouring in regard to, 

 questioned, 43, 44 

 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 

 brings collection of in- 

 sects in beak to feed 

 young, 216 



Lion, theory of protective colour- 

 ing in regard to, ques- 

 tioned, 43 

 Long-tailed Tit, roosting habits 



of, 6 



Movements of, 16-18; com- 

 pared with those of blue 

 tit, 17, 1 8 



Aerial forced march of, 17 

 Note of, 1 8 

 Nest-building habits of, 198- 



204 



Origin of dome of nest of, 

 199; and of entrance to, 

 200, 201, 203 

 Uniform way of entering and 



leaving nest of, 200 

 Contortionist powers of, 202, 



204 

 Approaches and leaves nest 



by one set path, 202, 203 

 The "sweep" up to nest of, 

 203 



MAN, the chief animal in this 

 world only, 295 



Maternal affection, beauty of, 



214 

 All hail to, 216 



Mellersh, Mr., letter of, to Stan- 

 dard about starlings re- 

 ferred to, 1 60 



Migration, facts of, marginal 

 reference to, 290 



