INDEX. 



Accentor, Alpine, points of distinction, 



217. 



Accentor, Alpine, The, 200. 

 Among the birds in Autumn, 169. 

 Among the birds in Winter, 272. 

 Among the wheat, 143. 

 Archeopteryx, The, 101. 

 Asiatic birds, 194. 



Auk, Little, points of distinction, 228. 

 Auk, Little, The, 208. 

 Auks, Sleeping-places of, 333. 

 Autumn, Among the birds in, 169. 

 Autumn, Calendar for, 256. 

 Autumn, Features of the, 166. 

 Autumn, Song of birds in, 191. 

 Autumn, Strangers of the, 193. 

 Autumn, The beauties of the, 160. 

 Aviary, My ruined, 232. 

 Avocet, points of distinction, 5- 

 Avocet, The, 44, 46. 

 Azores and Bermudas, 195* 



Basket Makers, 82. 

 Bass Rock, The, 33. 

 Beauty and utility, 52. 

 Bedtime, 322. 

 Bee Eater, Nest of, 76. 

 Bee Eater, points of distinction, 49. 

 Bee Eater, The, 43. 

 Belly, Pattern of colour on, 253. 

 Bermudas and Azores, 195. 

 Bird errantry, The philosophy of, 195* 

 Bird life, Disorganisation of, by frost, 

 273- 



Bird music and warmth, 326. 

 Bird music in Winter, State of, 292. 

 Bird ornaments and tournaments, 52. 

 Birds, Affection of, for eggs and young, 



137, 138. 



Birds, Alluring artifices of, 129. 

 Birds, Arctic, 309. 

 Birds, Arts and tricks of, 125. 

 Birds, assumption of gregarious habits, 



121. 



Birds, Autumn migration of, 182. 



Birds, Awakening of, 288. 



Birds, Black cap or hood of, 251. 



Birds, Colours of desert, 126. 



Birds, Courtship of, 55, 56. 



Birds, Crests of, 252. 



Birds, Emotions of, 135. 



Birds, Enjoyment of, in Autumn, 162. 



Birds, Evening song of, 98. 



Birds, Extension of range of, 196. 



Birds, Feet of, 296, 297. 



Birds, female, Tastes of, 58. 



Birds, First broods of, 105. 



Birds, Gatherings of, on coast, 236. 



Birds, Habits of, at dawn in Summer, 94. 



Birds, hard-billed, Habits of, at evening, 



326. 



Birds, High mortality among, 165. 

 Birds, Language of, 138. 

 Birds, Light sleep of, 332. 

 Birds, loss of song in Summer, Il8. 

 Birds, Love song of, 56. 

 Birds, Mating of, 140, 141. 

 Birds, Mental attributes of, 23. 



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