INDEX. 283 



Cranes; if. 131. 



anecdote of a lame; ii. 149. 

 Crocodile, birds feed in mouth of; ii. 156. 

 Cross-Bill, beak described; i. 30. 



peculiarities of the ; i. 54. 



Crows; i. 235. 



harassing the Gulls at the South Stack ; ii. 236. 



Cuckoos; ii. 75. 



Golden; i. 26. 



fed by a Thrush ; i. 21 1. 

 Cultrirostral, cutting-billed birds; ii. 131. 

 Cuneirostral, wedge-billed birds ; ii. 74. 

 Dangerous instinct of Herons and Bitterns in darting at the 



eye ; ii. 143. 



Dardanelles, incessant flight of a species of Petrel, on the ; i. 99. 

 Dates of the arrival and departure of certain birds; i. 113. 

 Desertion of young, instances of; i. 224. 

 Desperate leap of a Bird-catcher* ii. 278. 

 Digestive organs; i. 49. 

 Dodo; ii. 117- 



Dormancy of birds considered ; ii. 40. 

 Duck's bill described; i. 32. 



occasional long flights of; i. 93. 



Chinese, management of; ii. 193. 



affection of; ii. 199. 



-nest of Wild; ii. 195. 



Eider, how to obtain the down ; ii. 200. 



Indian mode of catching; ii. 201. 



Shooters, adventures of; ii. 203. 



, Mexican ; ii. 208. 



decoy; ii. 209. 



cunning in eluding pursuers; ii. 210. 



Eagles, various particulars respecting them ; i. 115. 



carrying off Children; i. 119. 



Egg of the Cuckoo, why laid in small birds' nests ; ii. 78. 

 Emu; ii. 116. 



