INDEX 



Abnormalities of colour, 337 

 Ad^e Pengiiin, habits well re- 

 corded, 4 ; fighting methods, 



*97 

 Adjutant, bone-swallower, 95 ; 



pouch air-inflated, 325 

 Albatross, attacking man, 63 ; 



death-trap for, ?s ; flight of, 



21 

 American Vultures, roost sitting, 



317 

 Amherst Pheasant, song of, 285 

 Apteryx, incubation, 148 ; nos- 

 trils at end of beak, 243 ; 

 whiskers, 248 ; scent, 243 ; 

 sight bad, 225 ; sleeping pose, 



317 

 Argus Pheasant, mouth of, 326 

 Aristotle, on Lycian Daw, 223 ; 



on white Blackbirds, 337 

 Auks, flight and swimming of, 



26 ; young, 126 , 



Avadavat, selection in hen, 242 

 Avocet, brooding pose, 113 



Babblers, Cuckoo-fosterers in 

 India, 191 ; not casting pel- 

 lets, -95 



Barbets, ancestral to Toucans, 

 35; habits of young, 131; 

 nesthole-cutting, 172 ; whis- 

 kers of, 253 



Bamby Smith, Mr. C, on Turn- 

 stone, 43 



BseyiffWeaver, its skilfully built 

 nest, 17s 



Bearded ReedUng, scratching 

 for food, 55 



Bee-eaters, burrowing of, 171 ; 



caught by fish, 299 ; dusting 

 )( and bathing, 314; gait, 15 

 Bell-birds, metallic note of, 291 

 Bemers, Dame Juliana, on 



Shrike, 283 

 Birds of Paradise, side-plumes 



degenerate, 303 

 Birds' -nesting Eagle, its peculiar 



habits, 59 

 Birds of prey, feeding abnor- 

 malities in, 34 ; flight, 21, 26 ; 

 .V mode of seizing food, 55; 



pellets cast by, 94 

 Blackbird, albinoes anciently 



known, 337 ; change of colour 



in bill, 328 

 Blackcaps, exported pickled 



from Cyprus, 346 

 Blackcock, ground-bird with 



forked tail, 32 ; hybrid with 



Capercailzie, 337 

 Bonhote, Mr. J. L., his multiple 



hybrids, 335 

 Bonxie, or Great Skua, eats 



Kitti wakes, 58 

 Bower-birds,variousplaygrounds 



of, 307 

 Brain-fever bird, an Indian 



Cuckoo, 191 

 Brazilian Teal, quarrel with 



Mallard, 275 

 Broadbills, skilful nest-builders, 



184 

 Brush-Turkey, incubation- 



peiiod of, 158 ; uses foot in 

 y feeding, 90 

 Budgerigar, a domestic parrot, 



351; endurance of thirst. 



357 



