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INDEX 



loi ; incubation, i6o ; in- 

 telligence, 261 ; different-sized 

 young in nest, 153 

 Bufion, on HornbiUs' helmets, 



SI 

 Bulbuls, courting pose of, 271 ; 



drunkenness in, 67 ; eating 



earth, 99 

 Buller, on habits of Huia, 45 

 Bustard, food of, 104 ; hunted by 



ancient Greeks, 32 ; scanty 



nest, 169 

 Button-quails or Hemipodes, 



females feeding males, 1 10 



Califomian Quail, over-laying 



by, 152 

 Canary, tragedy in nest of, 153 

 Cannibalistic tendencies in birds, 



58 

 Capercailzie, bill differs in sexes, 



47 ; fights of, 307 ; hybrids 



with Blackgame, 337 

 Cape Tit, remarkable nest of, 



179 

 Caracara, change of colour in 



face, 324 ; malice to eagle, 



270 

 Cardinal, Red, hen singing, 289 ; 



hybrids between two species, 



332 

 Cariama, peculiar young of, 126 

 Carolina Duck, domesticated in 



Europe, 350 ; mating with 



Mandarin, iii 

 Carrion-crow, crosses with 



Hooded Crow, 337 ; wood- 

 cutting power of, 53 

 Cassowaries, females dominant 



in, 10 ; pure green egg-layers, 



143 ; weapons of, 293 

 Cat-birds, American and Aus- 

 tralian, 290 

 Cere, function of, 251 

 Cereopsis, terrestrial Australian 



Goose, 19 

 Chaf&nch, getting drunk, 67 ; 



seasonal change in bill of, 



326 

 Chaja, or Crested Screamer, 



feeding-habits changed, 65 ; 



weapons, 296 



Clarke, Mr. B., Swifts ejecting 

 Sparrows from his roof, 186 



Claws, overgrowth of, 341 ; 

 reproduction of, 341 



Cockatoos, longevity, 320 ; nest- 

 ing-habits, 172 ; powder-secre- 

 tion, 302 ; rational talking, 

 288 ; as wood-cutters, 53 



Cockroaches eaten by various 

 birds, 73 



Colies, or Mouse-birds, roosting 

 pose, 318 



Condor, incubation-period, 160; 

 poor scenting powers of, 244 



Coot.lyoungbird feedingyoungef 

 106 



Coppersmith Barbet, 291 note ; 

 whiskers, 252 



Cormorant, change of habit in, 

 1 1 ; method of feeding young, 

 118 



Cow-birds, parasitic habits, 201 



Crab-Plover, nesting habits, 172 



Cranes, feeders on vegetables, 

 34 ; playfulness, 305 ; moult 

 of quills, 325 ; sham eggs, 162 ; 

 young of, 137 , 



Creepers, mode of climbing, 17 



Cross-bill, beak of, 48 



Crow- Pheasant, like Hawk when 

 young, 195 ; toad-eating, 96 ;' 

 uses foot in feeding, 89 



Crows, cunning of Indian, 59, 

 160 ; hatching fowls' eggs, 

 192 



Cuckoos, their feeding-habits, 

 97 ; mimicry, 195 ; parasitic 

 habits, 187 



Cuckoo-Shrikes, resemble Cuc- 

 koos, 197 



Curassow, male bird building, 

 178 ; method of fighting, 295 ; 

 selective mating, 274 



Dabchick, indifference to Kites, 



226 ; nursery food of, 104 

 Darter, its submerged swimming, 



19 ; young expanding mouth, 



118 

 Desert-Chough, feeding on 



ordure, 95 



