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INDEX. 



CHARACTERISTICS of the Colum- 

 bidae, 1. 



CHARMS for the protection of Doves, 

 31. 



CHINESE CORMORANTS, 415. 



CHRISTIAN VIRTUES, typified by 

 Doves, 2. 



CLASSIFICATION of Pigeons, 70, 85. 



CLERICAL Pigeon breeder, 48. 



CLIMATE of Norfolk, 436. 



COLLARED TURTLE, 12, 174; afford 

 excellent eating, 175; anecdotes, 

 177; habits, 179; time of incuba- 

 tion, 184. 



COLUMBA affinis, or Dovehouse Pi- 

 geon, 153; livia, or Blue Rock Pi- 

 geon, 152; risoria, or Laughing 

 Pigeon, 174; turtur, or Turtle 

 Dove, 174, 189. 



COLUMBIDJE, characteristics of, 1. 



COLUMELLA, on Pigeons, 18; on 

 Dovecotes, 31 



CORMORANTS, 414; Chinese, 415. 



CORRESO, or Curassow, 223. 



CORT-BEKE, 107. 



Cos, Poet of, 91. 



COURTSHIP of Pigeons, 55. 



CRACID^E, 223. 



CRANES, 320. 



CRAVATE Pigeon, 107. 



CRAVAT of the Jacobines, 105. 



CREATION BY MAN disproved, 74, 230. 



CRESTED MARSH PIGEONS, 200, 211 ; 

 reared in England, 212. 



CRESTED TURKEY, 274; a freak of 

 nature, 275 ; discovered in Central 

 America, 276. 



CROPPERS, 121 ; known to Pliny, 123. 



CROSS-BREEDS, not new creations, 

 78; follow the father, 88. 



CRUELTY to animals reprobated, 316. 



CURASSOWS, 223; Dampier's account 

 of, 223; want of information re- 

 garding, 224 ; high prices of, 225 ; 

 can they be domesticated in Eng- 

 land ? 224 ; stated to have been do- 

 mesticated in Holland, 233, 242; 

 their introduction into England de- 

 sirable, 233 ; but not probable, 239, 

 244 ; tamed, but not domesticated, 

 240, 244; long known in Europe, 

 235; in America, 239; in Brazil, 

 242; eggs, 241, 244; habits, 234, 

 238; nests, 240; plumage, 241. 



DACELO, or Laughing Jackass, 311. 

 DACTYL-SOUNDING QUAIL, 374. 

 DE BERANGER'S Satire on Pigeons, 



138. 

 DEVELOPMENT, animal, theory of, 



68, 167, 176. 



DIFFICULTY of retaining Pigeons, 52. 

 DINORNIS, or Wonder Bird, 362. 

 DOMESTIC ANIMALS are distinct 



races, 72, 167. 



DOMESTIC PIGEONS, 86. 



DOMESTIC AND WILD PIGEONS, 150. 



DOMESTICATION of Pigeons its an- 

 tiquity, 11; sorts incapable of, 187. 



DOVE, characteristics of the, 1 ; Blue 

 Rock, 10 ; of Mahomet, 23 ; ode to 

 a, 20; presented to the Queen at 

 Dublin, 185; Rock, 13; Turtle, 

 13. 



DOVECOTES, in ancient times, 31; 

 various kinds of, 36 ; as described 

 by Varro, 50. 



DOVEHOUSE PIGEONS, 152 ; distinct 

 from the Blue Rock Pigeons, 166; 

 employed as nurses, 173; used in 

 Pigeon matches, 168; nesting 

 places, 163. 



DUFFERS, or Dovehouse Pigeons,! 66. 



DUTCH PIGEON FANCIERS, 33. 



EARLY domestication of Pigeons, 11 ; 



use of Fancy Pigeons, 16. 

 EGGS of Curassows, 240; Gulls, 409; 



Pigeons, 5, 63, 142, 214; Water Hen, 



296. 

 EMIGRANTS, value of a dovecote to, 



14. 

 EMEUS, 352 ; mode of capturing, 356; 



diet, 372; probable extinction of, 



354; habits, 370; incubation by the 



male, 370; at Knowsley, 369; 



plumage, 372 ; lameness, 359. 

 EXPERIMENTS with Carrier Pigeons, 



131. 

 EXTINCTION of native animals, 354, 



360. 



FANCY PIGEONS, 16; ancient use of, 



16. 

 FANTAILS, 86; not much sought 



after, 91; peculiar motions, 89; 



powers of flight, 87; tails, 87, 90; 



Peacock Pigeons, 90 ; Shakers, 89. 

 FATTING of birds, 28, 394. 

 FEATHERS, growth of, in Pigeons, 



59. 



FERAL PIGEONS, 15. 

 FIDELITY of Pigeons to their mates, 



56. 



FIRST SETTLEMENT OF PIGEONS, 53. 

 FLOCKS of Pigeons their enormous 



extent, 5; in India, 14; of Quails, 



376. 

 FLOOR OF DOVECOTE, how to be 



covered, 42. 

 FOOD of Domestic Pigeons, 146 ; of 



young Pigeons, 36 ; of foreign Pi- 

 geons, 220. 



FOREIGN PIGEONS, care of, 220. 

 FORTUNE'S " China," 415. 

 FREAK OF NATURE, 275. 

 FRIENDSHIP OF PIGEONS for the 



Kestrel Hawk, 30. 

 FRIZZLED PIGEONS, 141. 

 FULLER'S " Holy State," 56, 62. 



