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INDEX. 



Birds, Mental qualities of, 139, 142. 



Birds, Migration of, 14. 



Birds, Migration of, in Winter, 277. 



Birds, Moulting of, 120. 



Birds, Movements of, in Autumn, 167. 



Birds, Notes of, at dusk, 327, 328, 329. 



Birds, Number of species of British, 193. 



Birds, Patience of, 139. 



Birds, Perseverance of, 139. 



Birds, Power of conversing of, 136. 



Birds, Raptorial, Aerial evolutions of, 



66. 



Birds, Shamming death by, 128. 

 Birds, sleeping in company, 332. 

 Birds, Sociability of, 140. 

 Birds, soft-billed, Services rendered by, 



i5> 151- 



Birds, Song of, in Spring, 24, 36. 

 Birds, Songs of, 140. 

 Birds, Storm-driven, 274. 

 Birds, Sympathy of, 137. 

 Birds, The banishment of the, 231. 

 Birds, The ways of, 134. 

 Birds, Usefulness of, 143. 

 Birds, Various notes of, 136, 138. 

 Birds, Wings of, 253. 

 Birds, Young, 37. 

 Birds, young, Flocks of, 172. 

 Bittern, American, points of distinction, 



224. 



Bittern, American, The, 207. 

 Bittern, Little, points of distinction, 50. 

 Bittern, Little, The, 44. 

 Bittern, The, 182. 



Blackbird, Filaments on head of, 253. 

 Blackbird, Incident of, at night, 330. 

 Blackbird, Tracks of, in snow, 303, 304. 

 Blackbird, Winter movements of, 277. 

 Blackbirds, Young of, 123. 

 Blackcap, Arrival of, 1 6. 

 Blackcap, The, 46. 

 Blackcap, Winter home of, 242. 

 Blackcock, Pugnacity of, 58. 

 Biuethroat, points of distinction, 215, 



216. 



Brambling, Arrival of, 177. 



Brambling, Habits of, 284, 285, 327. 



Bramblings, Twitterings of, 291. 



Broads, Autumn evenings on, 181. 



Broads, The, 181. 



Bulbuls, Pattern of colour in, 253. 



Bullfinch, Eastern form of the, 202, 



Bullfinch, Eastern, points of distinction, 

 219. 



Bullfinches in Winter, 284. 



Bullfinch, Nesting of, 28. 



Bunting, Black-headed, points of dis- 

 tinction, 221. 



Bunting, Black -headed, The, 203. 



Bunting, Lapland, points of distinction, 



220. 



Bunting, Lapland, The, 203. 

 Bunting, Little, points of distinction, 



220. 



Bunting, Little, The, 203. 



Bunting, Ortolan, points of distinction, 



221. 



Bunting, Ortolan, The, 203. 



Bunting, Rustic, points of distinction, 



221. 



Bunting, Rustic, The, 203. 



Bunting, Snow, Departure of, 14. 



Bunting, Snow, Distribution of, 317, 

 318. 



Bunting, Snow, Food of, 319. 



Bunting, Snow, Habits of, 318. 



Bunting, Snow, Nest and eggs of, 319, 

 320. 



Bunting, Snow, Plumage of, 319. 



Buntings, Services rendered by, 149. 



Bunting, Yellow, Fecundity of, 120. 



Bustard, Macqueen's, 206. 



Bustard, Macqueen's, points of distinc- 

 tion, 224. 



Buzzard, Honey, points of distinction,47. 



Buzzard, Honey, Winter home of, 241. 



Buzzard, Rough-legged, Migration of, 

 184. 



Buzzard, Rough-legged, Winter home 

 of, 246. 



