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INDEX 



Starlings (continued} 



Good done by, 160, 161 



Harm done by, to fruit incon- 

 siderable, 1 60, 161 



Small space occupied by, to 

 sleep in, 157-161 



Do no harm to song-birds, 

 158, 159, 161, 162 



Do not "infest," but country 



gentlemen do, 162 

 Statesmen, good that might be 

 done by "translation" of, 

 into dabchicks, 305 

 Stevenson, style of, preferred 

 by Stevenson to Scott's, 

 82 



But not by author, 82 

 Stock-dove, odd formalities in 

 combats of, 185; explana- 

 tion of these, 185 

 Stone-chat, his motions, &c., 

 115, 116 



An angry bird, 115 



His tail flirted at you, 116; 

 his certain answer if ques- 

 tioned on the subject, 116 



Variation in appearance of, 



116 



Stone-curlew, a special feature 

 of country round Ickling- 

 ham, 124 



Often feeds with peewits, 122 



A fighter, 122, 123 



Puts a cock pheasant to flight, 

 123 



Skirmishes of, with missel- 

 thrushes, 123, 124 



Warlike display of rival 

 males, 123 ; not employed 

 when attacking another 

 species, 123 ; suggested 

 explanation of this, 123 



Sad cry of, 124, 125 



The clamour of, 125 



Other notes of, 125, 126 



Cry of, recalling piping of 

 oyster-catcher, 126 



Stone-curlew (continued} 

 The gathering of the clans, 1 25 

 Pursued by. sparrow-hawk, 126 

 The Heimkehr of, in the early 



morning, 127 

 Is di-nocturnal) 128 

 More active during the day 



in spring, 128 

 Crouching habits of, 128 

 Evening dances of, in autumn, 



128 



Migration of, 128 

 Subliminal self, theory of the, 



a criticism of, 289-294 

 Numerous objections to, 292- 



294 

 Author's counter hypothesis 



to, of innumerable ances- 

 tral subliminal selves, 289, 



290 

 Swallow tribe, the, insects, how 



caught and swallowed by, 



258 

 Swan, nest-building actions of 



the male, 174 



" TEST of time," the, a mislead- 

 ing expression, 89-92 

 Tiger, protective coloration 

 theory in regard to, ques- 

 tioned, 43-45 



Beauty of the, Darwin's view 

 as to how acquired, 44- 

 46 



Coloration of, in relation to 

 man, 47, 48 



Chinese proverb in regard to 

 Coreans and the, 48 



Eye-witness's account of the 

 stalking of a cow by a, 48, 



49 

 Titlark, mounting and descent 



of, 1 10, in 



More like a lark than a 

 wagtail, in, 112; resem- 

 bles a wagtail also, 113 



