INDEX. 



447 



Pheasant, not originally Bri- 

 tish, vol. i. page 372 

 sea, ii. 266 

 Pie, sea, ii. 112 

 Pigeon, common, i. 383 



carrier, its uses, i. 

 386 

 Pintail duck, ii. 266 

 Plover, golden, ii. 98 

 ringed, ii. 105 

 long-legged, ii. 100 

 Norfolk, vide Bus- 

 tard, i. 380 

 Pochard, ii. 271 

 Poetry, can scarcely exist with- 

 out the aid of natural his- 

 tory. Preface 

 Pole-cat, or Fitchet, i. 105 



said to produce with 

 the ferret, i. 107 

 Poultry, common, introduced 



by the Phoenicians, i. 371 

 Pratincole, Austrian, ii.l 10 

 Procurator Cynegii, what, i. 



80 

 Provisions, what animals used 

 as, by the old E?iglish, ii. 

 396 

 Ptarmigan, or white grous, i. 



359 ,. , , 



Puffin, ii. 152 



its natural affection, ii. 

 ., 135 



antient method of tak- 

 ing, ii. 156 

 Manks, ii. 206 

 Purre, ii. 94 



Quadrupeds, digitated, vol. 

 i. page 70 

 hoofed, i. 1 

 r pinnated, i. 166 



winged, i. 179 

 Quail, i. 366 

 Ouecst, i. 392 .. . ;; 



Rabbet, i. 130 



its vast fruitfulness, r. 

 131 

 Races, account of, i. 7 

 Rail, water, ii. 114 



land, or crake, ii. II9 

 Rams, great price of, i. 36 

 Rat, black, i. 140 



hrown, or Norway, i. 142 

 of uncertain origin, i. 143 

 water, i. 145 

 catcher, the king's, i. 142 

 Raven, i. 279 

 Razor-bill, or auk, ii. 148 



great size of its egg, 

 ii. 149 

 Red-breast, i. 502 



endeared to chil- 

 dren by the old 

 song, the hahes 

 in the wood, i. 

 503 



