314 



BIRDS AND MAN 



Corn-crakes, their last appearance 



near London, 290 

 County Councils, their nugatory 



orders as to bird protection, 246, 



261 

 Cowper on the daw's voice, 83 ; 



as naturalist, 85, 86 

 Crow, the, a town bird, 272 



Dabchick, the, a London bird, 276 ; 

 method of diving with its young, 

 276 ; fishing and feeding, 277 



Dartford warbler, 3 ; dead and 

 alive, 6, 6 ; search for, 237 ; 

 cause of decline in its numbers, 

 238 ; gradual extirpation of, by 

 collectors, 238-240 ; at his best, 

 248 



Daws, cows and, 44 ; at Savernake, 

 66, 224, 225 ; their choice of a 

 breeding-site, 66 ; stick-carry- 

 ing and -dropping by, 70-72 ; 

 originally builders in trees, 71 ; 

 at Bath, 80 ; their varied notes, 

 83, 84 ; their alarm cry, 226 ; 

 sparrows kept in check by, 289 



Deer and jackdaw, 46 



Destruction of British birds, 243 ; 

 failure of legislation to prevent, 

 254 ; growing public opinion 

 adverse to, 254 ; present need 

 of a remedy for, 256 



" Ebor Jacks," the, at Wells, 69 

 Ebor Rocks, former presence of 



ravens on the, 120 

 Egg -collectors, destruction of 



species by, 115, 239, 243, 262 

 Exmoor, extirpation of birds by 



keeper in the Forest of, 119 

 Expression in natural objects due 



to human associations, 140; in 



flowers, 144, 148 



Finsbury Park, dabchicks fishing 

 in, 277 ; starlings congregating 

 at, 281 



Flowers, their expression, 141, 

 160; human colours in, 143, 



149, 151 ; vernacular names for, 

 146, 146; yellow and white, 

 lack of human association in, 

 153, 156 ; personal preferences 

 in, 160 ; charm of their human 

 associations, 162 



Forest, voices of the, 214 



Fowler, Mr. Warde, as to wagtails, 

 106 ; on the song of the willow 

 wren, 126, 128 



Frensham, swallows and swifts at, 

 57 ; goldcrest wrens at, 60 



Fulham Palace, cuckoo in wagtail's 

 nest at, 285 



Furze wren, the. See Dartford 

 warbler. 



Gardens, 159 



Geese, on a common, 87 ; at 

 Lyndhurst, 192 ; their majestic 

 demeanour, 193, 196 ; degraded 

 by culinary associations, 194, 

 196 ; as watch - dogs, 196 ; 

 Egyptian representations of, 

 197 ; an Argentine flock of, 203, 

 206 ; their voice, 204, 206 ; 

 their migratory instinct in abey- 

 ance, 208 



Geese, Magellanic, 198 ; night 

 voices of, 199 ; courtly behaviour 

 of, 200 ; devotion to wounded 

 mate, 209 



Gerarde, 168 



Goldcrests alarmed, 60, 64 



Gould, quoted as to the abundance 

 of Dartford warblers, 238 



Gray, Robert, on the cry of the 

 grey-lag goose, 204 



Grey, Sir Edward, on the study of 

 birds, 37 



Grove, Sir George, on the black- 

 bird's singing, 130 



Gulls and crows fishing, 272 



Hastings, daws at, 69 



Honey buzzard, destruction of the, 



243, 252, 302 

 Hook, Mr. Bryan, on the diving of 

 . the grebe with her young, 276 



