INDEX. 



Fagt 



Bellonius, remarks by, on the bee-eater * .79 



on the stork . . - . 108 



Birds, aquatic, general description of T, 97 



general characteristics of ,* .. } . 100 



. . graceful evolutions of . r*r,; - . 98 



cloven-footed . . . 100 



. * finned feet . /, .; . ib. 



. . web footed .... 104 



. _ . . supplied with a quantity of oil * . 106 



*,, ^ree orders of . . ^ < . 99 

 Bishop, the. See Organist. 



Bittern, the, description of . ." i , 126 



. hab'itsof \. \ *. '' . . 127 



. \ . . nest, eggs of . .. , . 129 



. peculiar noise of *V i-.- . 128 



Black- cap, the . , '. i "''"^ ' . 313 



Boatbill, the, description of . '. % . . ' . 338 

 Bochas, the. See Duck, the common wild. 



Booby, the, description of, and wherefore so called . 327 



. its battles with the man-of-war birds . . 329 



Brook, Mr. remarks by, on the ruffed grous /"'** . 24 



Buffon, M. de, anecdote by, of the cock ' f v- V $ 



. ( . , remarks by, on the flamingo , . 177 



t . ,, %' n the swallow . . 54 



. on swans . ' "' 189 



Cannon, Nicholas, anecdote of . . ' , ^ '- 



Carasow, the, description of , . . .71 



. . . remarks by various authors on . 74 



Chatterers, the waxen, or Bohemian . . ,83 



the carunculated . . . ib. 



Chickens, hatched in Egypt, &c. by means of artificial heat 12 



mode of treating those, forcibly hatched . 14 



progress of the incubation of, in the, natural way . 16 



wonderful regularity in the formation of . 18 





