INDEX. 



N on Pigeons, 19, 61 ; the lean 

 poet of Cos, 91. 



ALBATROSS, 420; battues of, 423; 

 mode of catching, 421 ; its mode of 

 flying, 424. 



ALDROVANDI on the Halcyon, 298; 

 Pigeons, 82 ; Storks, 339 ; Water 

 Hens, 289. 



ALMOND TUMBLERS, 115. 



ALEXANDRINE PIGEONS, 17- 



AMERICA, Curassqws in, 239, 242; 

 Pigeon-fanciers in, 15; Passenger 

 Pigeons of, 215; natural produc- 

 tions of, not suited to the English 

 climate, 259; Crested Turkey in, 

 276. 



ANACREON'S Ode to a Dove, 20. 



ANCIENT Authors on Pigeons, 18 ; 

 use of Pigeons as letter-carriers, 

 19; pigeon-houses, 26; charms for 

 Doves, 31. 



ANECDOTES of a Bantam Cock, 95; 

 Bitterns, 332; Blue Rock Pigeons, 

 153; Collared Turtle, 177; Domes- 

 tic Pigeons, 142, 148; Fantail, 89; 

 Guans, 263; Herons, 308, 321; Ja- 

 cobine, 106; Kingfishers, 300,305; 

 Passenger Pigeon, 216; Powter, 

 124; Quails, 386; Water Hens, 284, 

 288, 291. 



ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT, Theory of, 

 68, 167, 176. 



ANTWERP breed of Carrier Pigeons, 

 127. 



APOCRYPHAL ANIMALS, 274. 



ARABIAN LEGEND, 11. 



ARCHANGEL PIGEONS, 99. 



ARISTOTLE on Pigeons, 17. 



AUSTRALIA, abundance of Pigeons 

 in, 14 ; heat in, 201 ; Leipoa of, 65; 

 peace-tokens in, 10. 



AUSTRALIAN Kingfishers, 202, 310; 

 Emeus, 354. 



AUSTRALIAN PIGEONS, 190; none 

 yet domesticated, 192; Bronze 

 Winged, 194; hopes for their be- 

 coming domesticated, 199; Crested 

 Marsh Pigeons, 200, 211 ; migratory 

 habits of, 201 ; Graceful Ground 

 Dove, 209; Ground Doves, 205; 

 reared in England, 208, 212 ; Harle- 

 quin Bronze Wing, 205; Speckled 

 Dove, 209; ventriloquism of, 204; 

 Wonga-Wonga, 192. 



AVIARY of various birds, 304. 



BAGDAD, Carrier Pigeons at, 127. 



BALDPATES, 119. 



BARBS, 111 



BASKET for Pigeon nests, 40. 



BEAU TIBBS'S Ortolan, 401. 



BEAUTY of the works of nature, 7- 



BELGIAN PIGEON RACES, 136. 



BERNICLE, SANDWICH, 428; men- 

 tioned by Capt. Cook, 430; diet, 

 434; odour, 429; plumage, 434; 

 violent temper, 432. 



BIRDS in captivity, 303. 



BIRD-CATCHER, 447. 



BITTKRNS, 325; cry, 326; in captivity, 

 331 ; in the Marram Banks, 328. 



BLUE ROCK Pigeons, 10, 150; anec- 

 dote of, 153; value of a colony of, 

 157; crossed with Carriers, 156; 

 gregarious, 155 ; haunt the sea-side, 

 157; of India, 163; at Malta, 158; 

 plumage of, 161; in Sutherland- 

 shire, 159; unchanged by taming, 

 15 ; Varro's description of, 151. 



BLYTH'S account of Blue Rock 

 Pigeons, 163. 



SORROW'S Bible in Spain, 48. 



BOYS' Pigeon-houses, 3. 



BRAZIL, Curasspws in, 242. 



BREEDING of Pigeons, 55. 



BREEDING-PLACES for Pigeons, 39. 



BRONZE-WINGED PIGEONS, 194; 

 guides to water, 196; beautiful 

 plumage of, 196; ventriloquism of, 



BRUTUS, use of Carrier Pigeons by, 



24. 

 BUFFON: theory of the domestic 



animals, 73 ; on Storks, 315. 

 BUILDINGS resorted to by wild birds, 



27. 

 BYAM on the Crested Turkey, 276. 



CAPUCHINS, 103. 



CARRIER PIGEONS, 19, 126; Antwerp 

 breed, 127, 137; of Bagdad, 127; 

 employment of, 127; English breed, 

 139 ; experiments with, 131 ; organ 

 of locality in, 130; their Oriental 

 origin, 140; races with, in Belgium, 

 136; given to Sir John Ross, 134;. 

 travel by sight, 133; used as agents 

 of superstition, 2] ; in Turkey, 133; 

 used in warfare, 24. 



CASSOWARY, 354. 



CATO, on fatting Pigeons, 28. 



