INDEX 



363 



Swifts, distinctions from Swa- 

 lows, 9 ; power of rising, 26 ; 

 pugnacity of, 298 



Tailor-bird, peculiarities of nest, 

 179 



Tanagers, imperfect digestion in 

 some, 91 ; feeding Cuckoo, 

 189 



Terns, feeding females, 1 10 ; 

 universal distribution of, 221 



Thrushes, pre-eminent as song- 

 sters, 217 



Tinamou, beautiful eggs of, 

 143 ; exceptional roosting 

 habit, 317 



Tinker, small barbet parasitized 

 by Honey-guide, 198 



Tits holding down food when 

 feeding, 87 ; / storage instinct 

 in, 309 



Toilet customs, 313 



Tongue, structure and func- 

 tions of, 77 



Toucans, eating mixed diet, 35 



Touracous, young of, 133 



Tragopans, precocious fledging 

 of, 122 



Trogons, differences in diet ac- 

 cording to distribution, 35 



Tropic-birds, flight of, 31 



Tui, mocldng New Zealand 

 Honey-eater, 283 



Turkey, display of, 323 ; gizzard 

 of. 93 ; gluttony of, 67 



Turnstone, its habits and mus- 

 cular strength, 42 ; wide dis- 

 tribution, 220 



Varro, on birds shown in Rome, 



337 

 Vegetarian families of birds, 34 

 Vultures, eating fruit, 34 ; not 



so voracious as imagined, 63 



Warblers, grey, rearing cuckoos 

 in New Zealand, 193 



Wax-myrtle, berries eaten by 

 Swallows, 34 



Waxwing, northern berry-eater, 

 209 



Weavers, skilful nesters, 175 ; 

 stronger than typical finches, 

 215 .; tenement nest, 279 



Weka, destructive to eggs and 

 chicks, 62 ; uses foot in feed- 

 ing, 89 



Whale-birds, peculiar Petrels, 40 



Wheatear, colonizing Alaska, 

 224 



Whip-poor-will, characteristic 

 note, 290 



Whitebeam berries, much fa- 

 voured by birds, 70 



Woodcock, carrying young, 128 



Wood-hoopoes, their peculiari- 

 ties, 50 



Woodpeckers, eating fruit, 52 ; 

 sucking sap, 52 ; young, 251 



Wood-Kgeon, intense greedi- 

 ness of, 66 



Worms, little liked by many 

 birds, 71 



Wry-billed Plover, unique New 

 Zealand form, 42 



Wryneck, induced to excessive 

 egg-production, 151 ; as 

 witches' charm, 80 



Xenophon, on riding down Bus- 

 tards, 32 



Yellow-billed Duck, breeding 

 with Mallard, 241 



Zebra- Finch, its change of colour 



in bill, 327 

 Zulus, their rendering of a 



Nightjar's note, 254 



