INDEX. 



ABERDEVINE, ii. 63 



Aigrette or egrctte, ii. 162 



Auk, great, (Alca impennis,) ii. 



300 



Auks, (Alcse,) ii. 297 

 Avocet, scooping, (Recurvirostra 



avocetta,) ii. 222 



B 



Bee-eater, (Merops apiaster,) i. 



238 

 Birds, British, distribution and 



number of, i. 23 

 Birds, Columbine, (Columbae,) i. 



68-82 



Birds, fishing, ii. 359 

 Birds, flat-billed, or dabblers, ii. 



304 

 Birds, gallinaceous, (Gallinae,) i. 



97 ^9 

 ^ i Oo 



Birds, halcyons, (Alcyones,) i, 233 

 Birds, insectivorous, (Insectivo- 



rae,) i. 256-422 

 Birds of prey, i. 85 ; nocturnal, 



i. 149 

 Birds of the sparrow kind, (Passe 



res,) i. 206 

 Birds, omnivorous, (Omnivoraa,) i. 



170-209 

 Birds, rapacious, (Accipitres,) i. 



83-169 



Birds, running, (Cursores,) i. 59- 



67 

 Birds, seed-eating, (Graminivorse,) 



ii. 1-80 



Birds, skimming, ii. 371 

 Birds, swimming, (Natatores,) ii. 



263-429 

 Birds, unequal-toed, (Anisodacty- 



les,) i. 226-232 

 Birds, wading, (Grallse,) ii. 81- 



130; having four toes, ii. 130- 



262 

 Birds, yoke-toed, (Zygodactyles,) i. 



210-225 



Bittern, (Botaurus stellaris,) ii. 145 

 Bittern, American, (Botaurus lenti- 



ginosus,) ii. 165 

 Bittern, little, ( Botaurus minutus,) 



ii. 164 



Bitterns, straggling, ii. 164 

 Blackbird, (Turdus merula,) i. 281 

 Blue-breast, (Motacilla suecica of 



Linnaeus,) i. 313 

 Brambling, or mountain-finch(Frin- 



gilla montifringilla,) ii. 66 

 Bull-finch, (Pyrrhula vulgaris,) i. 



194; ii. 70 

 Bunting, cirl, (Emberiza cirlus,) 



ii. 27 

 Bunting, common, (Emberiza mi- 



liaria,) ii. 21 

 Bunting, lark-heeled, (Emberiza 



calcarata,) ii. 36 

 Bunting, reed, (Emberiza schoeni- 



clus,) ii, 23 



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