INDEX 



315 



Humming-bird, defence of nest 

 by, 48 



Impressions, emotion a condition 

 of their permanence, 7, 17 ; 

 separateness of, 16 ; general and 

 special, 16 ; of sounds, 20 ; 

 durability of, 29 



Jacl^daws. See Daws 



Jays, their spring assemblies, 227, 

 232 ; their imitative powers, 

 229 ; variability of their song, 

 230 ; their call, 233 ; their mode 

 of iiight, 233, 234 ; British Bird 

 of Paradise, 235, 247 



Kearton, Mr. R., his suggestion 



as to bird protection, 256 

 Kennedy, Clark, on fiirze wrens 



in Berkshire, 240 

 Kensington Gardens, throstle and 



willow wren singing in, 124 ; 



destruction of sparrows by daws 



in, 289 

 Kent, Dartford warblers in, 245 

 Kew, crows and gulls at, 272 

 Kimber, Sergeant, on the diving 



of the grebe, 276 

 Kingfishers alive and dead, 13 



Laburnum, decorative use of, by 



sparrows, 288 

 La Plata and Patagonia, enduring 



images of birds of, 29 ; the 



Magellanic goose in, 198, 209 

 Lapwing, the spur -winged, and 



sheep, 49 

 Linnets, a concert of, 181 

 Livett, Dr., a raven story told by, 



120 

 London, observing birds in, 264 

 Lynton, wood wrens at, 97 



Mageljanic geese. See Geese 

 Magpie, his manner of flight, 234 

 Mammals, relation of birds towards, 



43,47 

 Man, from the bird's point of view. 



43; the robin's pleasure in his 



company, 53 ; legend of his 



origin, 142 

 Medum, representation of geese 



at, 197 

 Memory of things seen, 15-20 ; o^ 



things heard, 20 

 Milford Common, destruction of 



furze wrens on, 239 

 Montagu's Dictionary of Birds 



quoted as to imitative power of 



the jay, 229 

 Moorhen, the, a London bird, 278 ; 



at Clissold Park, 279 ; gathering 



of, at Wanstead, 279 



Names, vernacular, of flowers, 145 

 Naturalists, old and new, 303 

 Nature, modern sense of the unity 



of, 305, 308 

 Newman on the Dartford warbler, 



240 

 Nightingale, quality of its song, 



134 

 Nightjars, evening diversions of, 



268 



Owl, bam, 268 



Owls in a village, 163 ; not un- 

 common near London, 289 ; 

 brown, chorus of, 266 



Partridges and rabbits, 60 



Patti, Carlotta, bird-like quality 



of her voice, 134 

 Peregrine falcon, fight between 



raven and, 115 

 Pheasant and chicks, 68 

 Pigeon family, original note of the, 



221 

 Pigs, domestic, of the New Forest, 



218 



Quixote, Don, as to the tradition 

 of King Ai-thur, 112 



Rabbits, indifference of partridges 

 towards, 60 ; destruction of, by 

 men and ravens compared, 118 



