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INDEX. 



Bat, a tame one, vol. i. page 

 186 



Bears, once found in Britain, 

 i. 90 



Beaver, now extinct, i. 122 



Bee-eater, i. 339. 



Belon, the first traveller who 

 made remarks in natural his- 

 tory, i. 334 



Bernacle, li. 237 



Bison Scoticus, i. 27 



Bittern, ii. 14 



the Asterias of the an- 



tients, ii. 15 

 the little, ii. 18 



Black-bird, i. 411 



Black-cap, i. 505 



Black-cock, vide Grous. 



spotted, i. 355 



Blood-hound, its use, i. 72 



Boadicea, her use of the hare, 

 i. 128 



Boar, wild, once found in 

 England, i. 6q 



Bots, what, i. 13 



Brambling, i. 454 



Brawn, a dish peculiar to Eng- 

 land, i. 68 



Brent goose, ii. 239 



Britain, its natural advantages. 

 Preface 



Bruce, Robert K. of Scotland 

 saved from a wild bull, i. 27 



Buck, or fallow-deer, i. 4g. 



56 

 Bulfinch, i. 430 

 Bulls, wild, i. 25 



Bunting, cirl, vol. i. pagft 

 438 



common, i. 435 

 yellow, i. 437 

 reed, i. 440 

 tav>?ny, i. 442 

 , snow, i. 444 

 mountain, i. 445 

 Bustard, great, i. 376 

 lesser, i. 379 

 thick-kneed, i. 380 

 Butcher-bird, vide Shrike 



lest, vide beard- 

 ed Titmouse 

 Buzzard, bald, or Osprey, i. 

 214 



honey, i. 235 

 common, i. 232 

 moor, i. 237 



Cagmag, what, ii. 231 

 Canary bird, i. 469 

 Capercahe, vide cock of the 



wood 

 Carrier-pigeon, its uses, i. 386 

 Cat, domestic, i. 97 



its value formerly, i. 98 

 odd penalty for stealing 



the Prince's, ib. 

 wild, i. 94 

 Cataracta or Skua, ii. 174 



a name applied to 

 the gannet, ii, 

 293 



