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INDEX 



Quail, semi-nocturnal habits of, 

 231 ; resistance to persecu- 

 tion, 346 ; Painted and Harle- 

 quin, gallantry of males, 109 



Quaker Parrakeet, as nest- 

 builder, r86 



Rails, intelligent birds, 265 

 Ratite birds, feminism in, 115 

 Raven, not so long-lived as sup- 

 posed, 320 ; I sense of smell in, 



243 

 Redpolls, playfulness of young, 



303 

 Reptile-eating birds of piey, 



specialization of, 56 

 Rhea, curious breeding habits 



of, 115 

 Road-runner, fast running of, 19 

 Robin, early breeder, 165; hatred 



of red in other birds, 233 

 Rogeron, M. G., on Ducks eating 



earth, 99 ; on scent in Jack- 

 daw, 243 

 Rollers, young feeding fellow- 

 . nestlings, 106 

 tlook, feecUng female on nest, 



106 

 Rufi, frill not a defence, 301 

 Rusty-cheeked Babbler, its bill 



used as pick-axe, 45 



Salt, appetite, for, 99 

 Sand-Grouse, covering eggs from 



heat, 155; speed of, 30; 



watering young, 102 

 Sand-pipers, laying. in old nests 



of other birds, 186 

 Satin-bird, preference for blue, 



308 

 Scissor-bills, exaggeration of 



tern type, 221 

 Screamers, padded armour of, 



299 



Shearwaters mistaken for Swifts 



by Pliny, 323 

 Sheldrakes, their dislike for 

 Geese, 275 ; diving wheit 

 young, 126 ; nesting in rabbit 

 holes, 185 

 Shoveller Duck, mode of feed- 

 ing. 37 ; speed of flight, 28 

 Shrikes, mocking instinct, 285 ; 



spearing prey alive, 309 

 Skuas, piratical habits, 312 

 Snail-Hawk, peculiar diet and 



structure, 60 

 Snake-bird, name given to 



Darters, 19 

 Snakes, their sloughs used as 



nest-linings, 31 1 

 XSnipe, action of beak in, 41 ; 



difference in common and Pin- 

 tail species, 42 ; 

 Song-Thrush, catching a fish, 72 

 Sparrow, imitating song bird, 7 ; 



versatility of, 4, 7 

 Spine-tail Swifts, speed of, 29 

 Spoonbill, feeding method of, 



44 ; hybrid with Ibis, 44 

 Spot-bill Duck, breeding with 



Mallard, 241 ; speed of flight, 28 

 Spurs of birds, 294,. 296 

 Starling, honey-suclang habit 



acquired by, 84 ; relations to 



insects, 237 

 Steamer-Duck, mode of progres* 



sion, 27 

 Storks, friendly with man, 347 ; 



mode of feeding young, 119 

 Storm- Petrel, large egg of, 149 ; 



long incubation, 159 

 Sugar-bird, honey-eater related 



to Tanagers, 84 

 ) Sun-birds, diet, 82 ; feigning 



death, nests, 178 ; preying 



on lizards, 72 

 Sun-bittern, nestline. 1^0 : mud 



