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INDEX 



Hawaiian Goose, living without 



water, 19 

 Hawks, typical, mode of killing 



prey, 56 ; skill in settling, 26 

 Hearing, perfection of this sense, 



24s 

 Hedge-Sparrow, great digestive 



power of, 92 

 Herons, peculiarities of flight, 



21, 24 ; powdered plumage, 



302 ; variations in colour, 



339 



Hoatzin, young of, climbing 

 with wing-claws, 132 



Homing instinct, 217 



Honey-eaters, to&gue of, 83 ; 

 pugnacity of, 278 



Honey-guides, parasitic habits 

 of, 198 



Hoopoes, nesting-habits, 108 ; 

 young, 136 



Hornbills, diet of, 35, 97 ; hel- 

 met as a handicap, 51 ; nest- 

 ing habits, 170 



Hudson, Mr. W. H., on change 

 of habits in Chaja, 65 ; on 

 gluttony of Missel-Thrush, 70 



Huia, peculiarities of, 45 



Humming-birds, feeding habits, 

 81 ; flight, 23 ; kept in Eng- 

 land, 82 ; nests, 183 



Hyacinthine Macaw, great power 

 of biU, 86 



Hybrids, characters of, 329 ; 

 multiple, 335 



Ibis, hybrid with Spoonbill, 44 ; 

 mode of feeding young, 117 



Ja9an&, deciduous wing spurs 



of, 328 

 Jackdaw, nuptial soaring flight, 



307 ; sense of smell, 243 

 Jay, flight of, si ; " Pica " of 



Romans, 223 ; storage habit, 



309 



Kea, a sheep-killing Parrot, 61 ; 



peculiar movements of, 64 

 Kestrel : a typical hoverer, 22 

 King-bird, poUce instinct of, 278 



King-Crow, or Drongo, also 

 Police- Bird, 278 

 <>Kingfishers, balliing methods, 

 214 ; burrowing, 171 ; hover- 

 ing, 23 ; not drinking, 100 ; 

 piracy by, 312 ;(? retrograde 

 gait of young, 131 



Kite, commensal with man, 

 347 ; deluded incubation of, 

 162 ; robbed by crows, 160 



Kittiwake, preyed on by Skua, 58 



Kiwis, see Apteryx 



Koel feeding female, 108 ; para- 

 sitic on Crows, 191 



Lamme^eier, digesting bone, 

 95 ; laying one egg, 150 



Lapwing, escaping Hawks, 30 ; 

 longevity of, 321 

 /Larks, methods of cleansing 

 their feathers, 3 14 ; various 

 biUs of, 86 



Laughing Jackass, hops, unlike 

 other Kingfishers, 15 



Lories, gait of, 15 ; honey- 

 feeders, 85 



Lowe, Dr. P., on accidents to 

 Frigate-birds, 25 



Lyre-birds, imitative faculty of, 

 283 ; scratching-power, 5; 



Macaw, smiling gesture when 



pleased, 463 

 Magpie-Goose, ancestral form, 



2 ; feeding habits, 37 

 Mallard, feeding habits, 38 ; 



quarrel with Brazilian Teal, 



27s 



Mandarin Duck, imperfect 

 percher, 17 ; misunderstand- 

 ing mate, 292 ; nesting, 129 



Mergansers, toothed bills of, 37 



Moas, suggested attacks on 

 them by Keas, 64 



Mocking-bird, its mischievous 

 tricks, 305 ; song spoilt by bad 

 notes, 249 



Monaul, hoeing for food, 55 ; 

 intolerance of heat, 213 



Moorhens, claws on wing of 

 young, 133 ; older young feed- 

 ing small ones, 106 



