INDEX 



Air, Temperature of, 130 

 Anatomy ol Cuckoo, 204 



Fern Owl, 204 



Animals, Motives of, 145 



Devouring their Young, 



152 



, Instinct In, 171 



Anne, Queen, at Wolmer Forest, 



25 

 Aphides, Shower of, 257 

 Architecture of Swift, 178 

 Ass, 234 



. Nostrils of, 47 



, Ploughing, 186 



Auk, 232 



, Little, 101 



Barometers, Comparison of, 272 



Bat, 39, 67, 73, 213 



, Feeding Habits of a Tame, 



39 



Bats Drinking on the Wing, 39 



, Large, 79, 95 



, Swarm of, 39 



Beagles, 24 



Beebirds, 139 



Bees, 274 



, Idiot Boy and, 196 



Swarming in March, 212 



Beetles, 80 • 



, Stripping of the Leaves 



by, 142 



Bin's, or Bean's, Pond, 29 



Birds, Affection of, for Young, 

 150 



. AStoiUshing Collection of, 



86 



eirds. Bereaved, 84 > 



— ^ — Chasing their Enemies, 150 



• , Colour and Sexual Dis- 

 tinction of, 131 



Birds, Congregation of, 190 

 , Courage of,- with Young, 



150 

 , Destruction of, by Frosts, 



186, 280 



. Dispersion of, 223 



, Lirinkihg Methods of, 104 



, Dung of Young, 158 



, Dusting and Washing of, 



133 



,. Early Breeding, 123 



, Exchanging Eggs of, 114 



, Flight of, 230 



, Flocking of, 135 



, Food of, in Winter, 106- 



108 



in Song after Midsummer, 



103 



, Lists of. Various, 116-123 



, Migration of (see Migra- 

 tion) 



. Nidiflcation of, 262 



— '■ — , Nocturnal, 119 



, Notes of, 269 



, Numerousness of, at Sel- 



borne, 37 



of Passage, 135 



Scarcity of, 130 

 Short Winged, 



164 



-, Summer, 116 



of Prey and Hot Sun, 139 



and Swallows, 



169 



on Ships, 45 



Birds, Sea-, 38 



, Sex of, in First Plumage, 



131 



, Singing as they Fly, 122 



, Single, after Pairing Time, 



84 

 , Soft-billed, Migration of, 



42 

 , — — , Winter Quarters of, 



45 



291 



