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INDEX. 



Owl, its comrades, 97. 



its fame in song, 96. 



its five wits, 95. 



its habits misunderstood, 86. 



its utility to the farmer, 87. 



its use in medicine, 84. 



its note, 90. 



its retiring habits, 94. 



robbing nests, 91. 



of ill-omen, 85. 

 Osprey, 41. 



,, its power over fish, 43. 

 Ostrich, 286. 

 Ouzel, 139. 



Parrot, 272. 



,, -teacher, 273. 

 Partridge, 216. 



in kite's nest, 216. 

 -hawking, 217. 

 ,, netting-, 218. 

 Peacock, 175. 



,, introduction of, 176. 

 value of, 17$. 

 variety of, 176. 

 Peewit, 222. 

 Pelican, 286. 



fable of the, 287. 

 explanation of fable, 288-294. 

 Pelicans in England, 295. 

 Pheasant, 210. 



introduction of, 211. 

 -hawking, 217. 

 Pigeon, 180. 



,, Barbary-, 189. 

 ,, Carrier-, 183. 



domesticated, 181. 

 ,, -fanciers, 182. 

 ,, feeding young, r86. 

 , , -liver'd, 185. 

 -post, 184. 

 price of, 196. 

 Pitch, 51. 



Plantage, 192. 

 Point, 51. 

 Prune, 31. 



Q- 

 Quail, 218. 



-fighting, 219. 

 , , note of the, 220. 

 Quaint recipes, 7T. 

 Quarry, 57. 



R. 

 Rabbit, 12, Intro. 



-netting, 12, Intro. 

 Raven, 100. 



,, of ill-omen, ioi. 

 ,, deserting its young, 106. 

 feathers of, 107. 

 food of, 105. 



presence on battle-fields, 104. 

 supposed prophetic power, 103. 

 , , variety of, 109. 

 Recipes, quaint, 71. 

 Redbreast, 139. 



,, -teacher, 142. 



Robin, 139. 

 Rock-dove, 190. 

 Rook, 121. 

 Ruddock, 140. 



covering with leaves, 141. 



S. 

 Sea-fowl, 235. 

 Sea-gulls, 266. 

 Sea-mells, 270. 

 Seel, 69. 

 Seeling, 69. 

 Slow-worm, 16, Intro. 

 Snake, 13, 15, Intro. 

 Snipe, 233. 



,, -netting, 234. 

 Souse, 38, 39. 

 Sparrow, t44. 



fall of a, 146 . 



,, hedge-, 147. 



