446 



Index, 



Tailing. S6. 

 Technical terms, S5. 

 Temperature of breeding ro 

 Tin nest-boxes, 42. 

 Tin'; for egg-food, 46. 



Troughs for egg-foo d, 46. 



Variegation, kinds of, qs- 

 Varieties of Canarie=, 4, 5. 



Ventilation, iS. 

 Vermin, depredations of, : 

 Virgin Cork for aviaries, i 

 Voice, loss of, 287. 



I Washing Canaries, 276. 

 Water in aviaries, 15. 

 Water- vessels, 36, 37. 

 Whitewashing cages, 38. 

 Wings, marked, 122. 



Wiring cages, 30, 33, 34. 



Wooden nest-box*;s, 42. 



Wounds, treatment of, 291. 



Wright, Mr., on pedigree breeding, 109. 



Yellow and buff. 94. 



Yorkshire Canaries, 238 ; points of, 239 ; breeding, 



244 ; judging, 247. 

 Young Canaries, feeding, 59, 65, 68. 

 Young, Mr. John, his breeding- room, 23. 



Accentor, Hedge, the, 314. 

 Aviary, British birds in, 334, 



Blackbird, the, 301 ; the "Mountain," 304. 



Blackcap, the, 308. 



Bramble Finch, or Brambling, 327. 



Bullfinch, the, 326. 



Buntings, 333. 



Bush, or Greater Wheatear, 317. 



Butcher Bird, the, 344. 



Cages, for Thrush, 299 ; for Blackbird, 302. 



Chaffinch, the, 327. 



Change of diet, importance of, 310. 



Cheveril Goldfinch, the, 326. 



Chiffchaff, the, 319. 



Chough, the, 336. 



Citrel Finch, the, 328. 



Creeper, the, 332. 



Crossbill, the, 329. 



Crow, Carrion, the, 335. 



Cuckoo, the, 340 ; and Hedge Sparrow, 314. 



Curlew, Stone, the, 344. 



Dartford Warbler, the, 318. 



Diet, change of, good effects of, 310. 



Doves, 343. 



Dunnock, or Hedge Sparrow, 314. 



Falcon!^, 337. 



Fieldfare, the, 301. 



Finches, 325. 



Flycatchers, Spotted and Pied, 340. 



Garden Warbler, the, 310. 

 German paste, recipe fur, 307. 

 Golden-crested Wren, 320. 

 Goldfinch, ihe. 325. 

 G^as^hopper Warbler, 317. 

 Greenfinch, the, 327. 



Hawfinch, the, 328. 



Hawks, 337. 



Hedge Acientor, or Hedge Sparrow, 314. 



Hills. Mr. J. F., on Cuckoos, 341 ; on Kingfishe: 



342- 

 Holm or Missel Thrush, 300. 



BRITISH CAGE-BIRDS. 



I Jackdaw, the, 335. 

 , Jay, the, 336. 



Kestrel, the, 338. 

 Kingfisher, the, 342. 



Land-rail, the, 344. 

 Lark, th*i, 321. 

 Linnet, the, 328. 



Magpie, the, 336. 

 Meadow Pipit, the, 323. 

 Mealworms, to breed, 307. 

 Mealy Redpoll, the 329. 

 Meating-off {Nightingales, S:c.), 306. 

 Merlin, the, 33S. 

 Missel Thrush, the, 300. 



Mountain Blackbird, or Ring Ousel, the, 304. 

 Mountain Finch, the, 327. 

 Linnet, 328. 



Nettle Creeper, or Whitethroat, 309. 

 Nightingale, the, 305. 

 Nightjar, the, 340. 

 Nuthatch, the, 332. 



Oriole, the Golden, 34 . 

 Ousel, the Ring, 304. 

 Owls, 339. 



Petty chap! 

 Pipits, 322. 

 Plover, the Gold. 



Lesser, or Chiffchaff, 319. 



. 344- 



Raven, the, 335. 



Redpoll, the, 329. 



Redshank, the, 344. 



Redstart, the, 313 ; Black, 314 ; Grey, 314. 



Redwing, the, 301. 



Reed Warbler, the, 319. 



Ring Dove, the, 343. 



Ring Ousel, the, 304, 



Robin, the, 311. 



Rook, the, 335. 



Rose Linnet, the, 328. 



Sedge Warbler, the, 319. 

 Serin Finch, the, 328. 



Shorelark, the, 322. 



Shrikes, 344. 



Shufflewmg, or Hedge Sparrow, ^14. 



Siskin, the, 328, 



Skylark, the, 321. 



Snake Bird, tne, 332. 



Song Thrush, the, 298. 



Sparrow, the Hedge, 314 ; House, 32 



Sparrowhawk, the, 339. 



Spotted Flycatcher, the, 340. 



Starling, the, 336. 



Stock Dove, the, 343. 



Stonechat, the, 315. 



Stone Curlew, the, 344. 



Storm Cock, or Missel Thrush, 300. 



Tawny Pipit, 323. 



Thrush, the, 298. 



Titmice, 330. 



Iree Pipit, the, 323. 



Tree Sparrow, the, 329. 



Turtle Dove, the, 343. 



Twite, or Mountain Linnet, 328. 



Wagtails, 323. 

 Warbler — Dartford, 



Grasshopper, the 



Sedge, the, 319 



318 : Willow, 318. 

 Warblers, British, 305. 

 Water Pipit, the, 323. 

 Water-rail, the, 344. 

 Waxwing, the, 340. 

 Wheatear, 316 ; the Greatei 

 Whinchat, 316. 

 Whitethroat, the, 309; the Lesser, 310. 

 Willow Warbler, the, 318. 

 Windhover, the, 338. 

 Woonlark, the, 322. 

 Woodpecker, Green, the, 331 ; Grea 



332 ; Lesser Spotted, 332. 

 Wood Warbler, 318, 

 Wren, the Common, 319 ; Golden Crest< 

 Wryneck, the, 332. 



Yellowhamnier, the, 333. 



Young, Mr., on the Blackcap, 309. 



18 : Garden, 

 317 ; Hedge 

 Reed, the, 



r Bush, ; 



the, 310 ; 



FOREIGN CAGE-BIRDS, 



INCLUDING GERMAN, FRENCH, AND LATIN SYNONYMS. 



.. 378; 



Acalanthe psittacea. 398. 



Acndotheres Malabancus 



jEgintha amandava, 373 



lescens, 379; melpnda, 376. . „ 



modesta, 390; phaeton, 369; phosnicopti 

 387; picta, 3'!i; sanguinolenta, 379; tem- 

 poralis, 372 ; Wieneri, 480, 



African B ire Finch, 378. 



African Silver-bill, 387. 



Afe'apornis cana, 442 ; cyanopterus, 442 ; pullaria, 

 441 ; roseicollis, 442. 



Agelaeus phoeniceus, 421. 



Aidemosyne modesia, 390. 



Amadina acuticauda, 385 ; blcolor, 384 ; cantans, 

 387 ; castaneothorax, 395 ; castanotis, 390 ; 

 cincta, 364 ; cucullata, 384 ; detruncata, 389 ; 

 fasciata, 389 ; fringiIloide<;, 381 ; guttata, 392 ; 

 Laihami, 392; maja, 388; Malabarica, 387; 

 Malacca, 388; modesta, 390; Molucca, 385: 

 nitens, 402 ; nitida, 372 ; oryzivora, 395 ; 

 prasina, :-97 : punctata, 373 ; punctularia, 387 ; 

 sanguinolenta, 379 ; Sinensis. 388 ; striata, 384 ; 

 temporalis^ 372 ; undulata, 387. 



Amaduvade Fmch, 373. 



I pun 



. 373- 



; gesireifte bronze, 384 ; grosste elster, 

 383; klcine elster,- 384; feuerschwanz, 372 ; 

 spitzschwanzige bronze, 385 : zweifarbige 

 elster, 384 ; diamant, 39a ; drcifaibigi 



388 ; eigentliche papagei, 398 ; giirtel, 394 ; 

 lauchgriine papagei, 397 : Malabar, 387 ; reis, 

 395 ; schilf, 395 ; schwartzbriistige nonnen, 388 ; 

 schwartzkopfige nonnen, 388 ; silberschnabel, 

 387; zebra, 390 



Amaranth, AusiralH^che (Crimson Finch), 369. 



Am?ranthe, Amaranth, 378. 



Amateurs, distinguished German, 347. 



Amauresthes fringJUoides, 383. 



Amazon Parrots, 441. 



Amazone, rothbug, 441. 



Angola-haufling, 418. 



Ants' eggs, 349, 350. 



Aprosmictus erythropterus, 439 ; scapulatus, 439. 



Ara ararauna, 430 ; chloroptera, 430. 



Aratinga ludoviciana et Carolinensis,430 ; ninus,43i. 



Astrild, blaue, 377 ; ceres, 390; de St, H^lene, 375 ; 

 dom, 372 ; gelbwangiger, 376; gemalter, 381 ; 

 gewellte, 375 ; getigerter, 373; goldbriistiger 

 379; granatrother, 378; graue, 374; ondule, 

 375; ordinaire, 374; rolhbauchiger, 375; roth- 

 sihwiiuziger, 379 ; wellen, 375 ; Wiener's, 380. 



Aurora fink (or finch). 381. 



Australian Fire Finch, 369, 



Avadavat, 373. 



Aviaries, 353. 



Barraband's Parrakeet, 438, 



Bartfink, 394. 



Bee dArgent, 387. 



Bee de Corail (Waxbill), 374. 



Beo, gemeiner, 425. 



Bengalese. white, -^85. 



Bengalis blancs, 385. 



Bengalus punctulatus, 373. 



Bicheno's Finch, 371. 



Bishops, see Weavers. 



Black-headed Finch, 388. 



Blattvogel, goldstirn, 364. 



Bleischnabelchcn. 387. 



Blue-bellied Finch. 377. 



Blue-bonnet Parrakeet, 437. 



Blue Nightingale, Blue Robin, or Blue-bird, 359. 



Blutschnabelweber, 408. 



Blythi Malab. et cincreus, 424. 



Bourke's Parrakeet, 436. 



Brachypus ha;morrhous, 364 ; pygjeus, 363. 



Brazilian Finch, 378. 



Breeding season of Antipodean birds, 356. 



Budgerigars, 432. 



Bulbuls, 363. 



Cacatua alba cristata, 430 ; cristata, 430 ; cristatella 

 430 ; erytrolaphus, 430 ; galerita, 429 ; Lead- 

 beaten, 429; leucolophus, 430; lutco cristata, 

 429; Moluccensis, 430; Nova:-Hollandia;,428; 



