INDEX 



Nightjar (continued} 

 Returns, each year, to same 



locality, 50 

 Has favourite trees and 



branches, 50 

 Does not always nest in same 



spot, 50 



Nuptial antics, suggested origin j 

 of, 180, 181 



OPTIMISTS, as reasoners, 231 

 Ostrich, nesting habits of, as 

 described by Mr. Cron- 

 wright Schreiner, 176-178 ; I 

 suggestions as to the mean- 

 ing and origin of these, 177- 

 179 



Rolling of, in courtship, 178 

 Two kinds of, 178 

 Ornithologists, works of seem 

 written to assist bird-nesters, 

 210 



PARASITIC instinct, in birds, 



possible origin of, 132 

 Parental ruses, suggested origin 



of, 180, 18 1 



Partridges, curious chasings of 

 one another of, 188-191 ; 

 nature and suggested ex- 

 planation of, 189-192 

 Peewits, repair to fens towards 

 end of October for the 

 winter, 3, 116 

 Return in February, 116 

 Appearance, &c., of, 117 

 Their way of bathing, 117, 



118 ; and of feeding, 119 

 Chased by missel-thrush, 124 

 Rolling and other strange 

 sexual antics of, 163- J 

 1 66, 174, 175 ; nature of ! 

 such movements, 167, 168, ! 

 171-173 ; theory founded | 

 upon them as to origin of 

 nest - building amongst ! 

 birds, 166-184 



Peewits (continued') 



"False nests" of, 166-168 ; 

 not essentially differing from 

 the real nest, 168 

 " Pessfs? formerly used in 



Icklingham church, 56 

 Pheasant, at roosting time, 5 

 Roosting habits of, 6 

 Trumpety note of, 7 

 Soft note of, at roosting, 7 

 Partial paralysis produced in, 



by sudden fright, 279, 280 

 A cock, put to flight by stone- 

 curlew, 123 

 Philistines, the, bloodthirsty 



shouts of, 1 56 

 False plea of the, 156, 157 

 Having no appreciation of 

 anything, can destroy 

 everything with impunity, 

 156, 157 

 Hypocritical pretence of, to 



an aesthetic motive, 157 

 Poet, the, not a teacher, 1 1 

 His aptitude to feel and ex- 

 press, 12 



Protective coloration theory, 

 unsatisfactory in regard to 

 tiger, leopard, jaguar, &c., 



43-49 



Inapplicable to animals that 



hunt at night by scent, 47 



Versus sexual selection, 43- 50 



Psychical Research Society, 



great mistake made by, 143- 



145 

 Its man- worshipping attitude, 



143-145 

 Its neglect of the comparative 



method, 143-145 

 Indifferent to field natural 



history, 145 

 Should let the dogs into 



church, 145 

 Conclusions of, reared on too 



narrow a basis of fact and 



observation, 290 



