INDEX. 



457 



migration, 376 ; monogamous, 384 ; 

 note of, 375 ; supplied to the Israel- 

 ites, 378 ; for the table, 392. 



QUAIL-FIGHTS, 390; mentioned by 

 Shakspeare, 391. 



QUARRELS of Pigeons, 142. 



QUEEN, Dove presented to the, at 

 Dublin, 185. 



RACES with Pigeons in Belgium , 136. 



RATS destroyed by Storks, 344. 



RED FEET OF PIGEONS, cause of, 11. 



RING DOVES, 188; migrations of, 189. 



ROCK PIGEONS, 13; not changed by 

 being tamed, 15. 



ROGERS' lines on the Pigeon, 26. 



ROMAN Pigeon-fanciers, 18 ; mode of 

 fatting Pigeons, 27. 



Ross, SIR JOHN, 134. 



RUFFS, 103. 



RUNTS, 92; largest of domestic Pi- 

 geons, 92; termed Pigeons Mon- 

 oains, 92 ; their weight, 93 ; their an- 

 tiquity, 94; why called Russia-Pi- 

 geons, 94 ; the Campania Pigeons of 

 Pliny, 94; peculiarities of, 96; ex- 

 cellence for the table, 96; crosses 

 with, 97 ; Leghorn, 147. 



RURAL POLICE, 448. 



RUSSIA-PIGEONS, 94. 



RUSSIAN veneration for Pigeons, 23. 



SALT, supply of, in the Dovecote, 42. 

 SALT-CAT, recipe for, 42. 

 SANDWICH ISLAND Goose, 426; Ber- 



nicle, 428. 

 SEA-SIDE, haunts of the Blue Rock 



Pigeon, 157. 



SENEGAL DOVE, 218; song of, 219. 

 SHAKERS, 89. 

 SHAKSPEARE on Pigeons, 142, 145, 



180. 



SICK POWTERS, treatment of, 124. 

 SIEGE of Jerusalem, 25; of Harlem,26. 

 SMITERS, 122. 

 SNIPES, 319. 



SPANISH Pigeon-breeder, 48. 

 SPECKLED DOVE, 209; the smallest 



Pigeon existing, 210. 

 SPOONBILLS, 320. 

 SQUABS, newly hatched, 35, 58. 

 ST. JOHN'S Tour in Sutherlandshire, 



159. 



STOCK DOVES, 187. 

 STORK, White, 314, 335; Indian, 315. 

 STRAW BASKET, or pan, 40. 

 STRUTHIOUS BIRDS, 362; plumage, 



372. 



STURT'S (Capt.) Expedition in Aus- 

 tralia, 201, 203, 206, 311. 

 SWEDEN, Storks in, 349. 

 SYKES (Col.) on Quails, 379. 

 SYLVIADJE in captivity, 304. 



TEMMINCK on Blue Rock Pigeons, 



160; Bronze-winged Pigeons, 196; 

 Crested Turkey, 275; Curassows, 

 242 ; domestic races of animals, 73 ; 

 Fancy Pigeons, 75; Fantails, 90; 

 Guans, 250, 254, 257; Pigeon- 

 houses, 32; Quails, 374, 383. 



TENACITY OF LIFE in Pigeons, 89. 



THEORIES of French Naturalists, 73. 



TINUNCULUS, or Kestrel Hawk, 30. 



TITHES of Pigeons, 47. 



TRAP for Pigeon-loft, 37. 



TRASH, 104. 



TREATISE on Domestic Pigeons 

 quoted, 40, 43, 98, 101, 107, 116, 

 119, 124, 133, 144. 



TRICKS of Tumbler Pigeons, 112. 



TRUMPETERS, 98, 149. 



TUMBLERS, 112; Almond, 115; ex- 

 cellence, 112; high prices, 112; 

 Kites, 115; tricks, 112; perform- 

 ances, 114; practice tumbling, 118. 



TURBITS, 77, 106; termed Pigeon 

 Cravate, 77, 107; colour, 108. 



TURKEY, Carrier Pigeons in, 133. 



TURTLE, collared, 174. 



TURTLE DOVES, 12, 189; Roman 

 mode of fatting, 27. 



UDE, on Quails, 388. 



VARRO, on Carrier Pigeons, 19; on 

 Dovecotes, 50; on Domestic Pi- 

 geons, 151. 



VENETIAN Pigeon-fanciers, 33. 



VENTRILOQUISM of Pigeons, 204 



WADERS, in captivity, 313; their 

 strange aspect, 316. 



WARFARE, use of Pigeons in, 24. 



WATER, supply of, in the Dovecote,42. 



WATER BOTTLE, 43. 



WATER GUIDES in Australia, 196, 204. 



WATER-HENS, 280; anecdotes, 284, 

 288,291; eggs, 296; in captivity, 291; 

 mode of diving, 285 ; mode of run- 

 ning on the water, 285,294; nesting- 

 places, 295; paradoxical habits, 281 ; 

 plumage, 2b7 ; post-mortem exa- 

 mination , 285 ; self-willed, 284. 



WATER RAIL, 319. 



WEIGHT of Pigeons, 93, 161. 



WHITE STORK, 314, 335; anecdote, 

 337; gratitude, 337; habits, 342; 

 haunts, 348 ; virtues, 335. 



WIDOWED HEN PIGEON, 61. 



WILD PIGEONS, 187. 



WILD AND DOMESTIC PIGEONS, 150. 



WILLUGHBY on Fancy Pigeons, 89, 

 92, 103, 106, 115, 120, 121, 162, 173. 



WINDPIPES of the Guans, 248. 



WINGLESS BIRDS, 362. 



WISE PROVISIONS OF THE CREATOR, 

 64. 



WOND F.R-BIRDS of New Zealand, 362 ; 

 may yet be extant, 366. 



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