316 



BIRDS AND MAN 



Railroad^ disfigurement of country 

 caused by, 293 



Ravens in Somerset, 106 ; aerial 

 feat of, 109 ; their gradual dis- 

 appearance, 112, 117-119; super- 

 stitions as to killing, 113-115 ; 

 " the last,'' 119 ; tapping at a 

 lighted window, 120 



Raven-tree, a, 117 



Red in flowers, human associations 

 of, 148, 151, 152 



Reed warbler, the, in Somerset, 

 182 



Robin, the, his love of man's 

 society, 63 



Ruskin, his power of ''word 

 painting," 81 ; on cathedral 

 daws, 82 ; on the destruction of 

 beautiful things, 254 



Saintbury, a rustic village, 166 ; 

 owl superstitions at, 172 



Sand-martins near Clapham Junc- 

 tion, 285 



Savernake Forest, daws in, 66, 

 226 ; in spring, 211 ; its loneli- 

 ness, 214 ; trees of, 216 ; wood- 

 pigeons in, 218 ; the crow family 

 in, 223 ; abundance of jays in, 

 227 



Sea-birds, protection of, 267 



Seebohm, on the wood wren, 94 ; 

 on jay assemblies, 228 ; on dab- 

 chicks, 276 



Selborne, first view of, 296 ; 

 changes and losses in its bird 

 population, 302 



Sheep, services of birds towards, 

 44 ; encounter of spur-winged 

 lapwing with a, 49 



Sheldrakes, their presence in 

 Somerset, 184 ; wild and tame, 

 186, 186 ; their growing scai'oe- 

 ness, 186 ; breeding habits of, 

 185-189 



Sigerson, Miss Dora (Mrs. Shorter), 

 her « Flight of the WUd Geese" 

 quoted, 208 



Snipe, note of the, 267 



Somerset, abundance of daws in, 



65 ; ravens in, 106 ; reed warbler 



in, 182 ; sheldrakes in, 184 

 Song of the jay, 230 

 Sound-images, their permanence, 



24,31 

 Sounds, varying power of recalling, 



20 ; pleasantness of natural, in 



their proper surroundings, 87 

 Sparrows hawking for flies in 



London, 286 ; decoration of nest 



by, 287 ; birds of prey as check 



on, 288 

 Specimens, " British killed," 243, 



268 ; how obtained, 260 

 Spencer, Herbert, on social 



animals, 62 ; on the origin of 



the love of music, 138 

 Starlings, their services to cattle, 



44 ; their abundance at Bath, 



'79 ; increase of, in London, 281 ; 



their difficulty in finding food 



for young, 282 

 Sunlight on birds, rare effects given 



by, 4, 5, 14, 186 

 Sunninghill, Dartford warblers 



formerly numerous near, 240 

 Swallows, their relations with man, 



55 ; their alarm at a grey hat, 



62 ; quality of their voice, 131 ; 



Gilbert White on their hiberna^ 



tion, 300 

 Swifts, their unconcern in man's 



presence, 67 ; at Selborne, 296 



Tits, long-tailed, by the Avon, 18 

 Tree-pipit, quality of voice of, 132 



Upland Geese. See Geese, Magel- 

 lajnic 



Visitants, rare annual, their 

 slaughter on reaching England, 

 263 



Voices of birds, mental reproduc- 

 tion of, 20, 24-35 ; human quality 

 of, 128, 132, 136 



VTag^ils, their services to cattle. 



