284 INDEX. 



Eye, insect flying in the; ii. 49. 



Herons and Bitterns, dangerous to the; ii. 143. 



Falcon, Iceland, valuable; i. 150. 



Falconry; i. 152. 



Familiarity of Crows, anecdote of; i. 237. 



Fasting powers of birds; i. 61. 



Fatal event to a family of Sea-fowlers ; ii. 279. 



Feathers of Eagles prized ; i. 137. 



rapid growth of ; ii. 20. 



Feats of Bird-catchers ; ii. 276. 

 Feeding, mode of, Thrushes ; i. 208. 



Feeding-box for Pheasants ; ii. 98. 



Finches, family of ; ii. 9. 

 Flamingo, or Phoenicopterus ; ii: 146. 

 singularity of its bill ; ii. 147. 



- numerous on the coast of Africa ; ii. 150. 



Flight, difficulties connected with ; i. 3. 



of birds ; i. 85, 93. 



Fly-catchers; i. 212. 



Food consumed by small birds ; ii. 26. 



Fowl, singular contents of the stomach of a ; i. 59. 



Frigate-Bird lives almost on wing ; i. 96. 



Frost favourable to insects; i. 248. 



Frozen, birds occasionally ; i. 168. 



Gallinaceous, Poultry; ii. 84. 



Gallinula, Water Hen; ii. 119. 



Gannet, use of its horny mask ; i. 63. 



nests ; ii. 224. 



Gastric juice; i. 56. 



Geese, rearing of, profitable ; ii. 172. 



management of them in Lincolnshire ; ii. 1 72. 



sacred among the ancients; ii. 174. 



instances of attachment in ; ii. 175. 



various anecdotes of; ii. 176. 



Barnacle, or Tree ; ii. 187. 



Gigantic Crane, or Hurgila ; ii. 140. 



