ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. 
vii 
good nightingale trap, 164 ; choice 
of, 165 ; cage for, 167 ; how to feed, 
167 ; diseases of, 168. 
OWLS. 
Superstitions appertaining to, 283 ; 
snowy owl, 284 ; barn owl, 285 ; 
burrowing owl, 2S7 ; eagle owl, 
288. 
THE PARRAKEET. 
Carolina, 15 ; rose-ringed, 17. 
THE PARROT. 
Stories of famous parrots, 1 ; 
structure of, 7 ; varieties of, 11 ; 
cages and perches, 25 ; training 
and treatment, 27. 
THE PEREGRINE FALCON. 
Colour of, 235 ; perseverance in 
hunting, 236 ; the peregrine falcon 
in America, 237. 
PREPARING AND STUFFING 
BIRDS AND ANIMALS. 
Art of taxidermy, 321 ; hints to 
travellers on the preservation of 
skins, &c., 324 ; procuring subjects, 
327 ; precautions to be taken, 331 ; 
methods of capturing reptiles, 332 ; 
ophidians, 333 ; preserving batra- 
chians, fish, Crustacea, mollusks, 
insects, 334 ; skinning and pre- 
paring birds, 335 ; skinning and 
preparing quadrupeds, 339 ; pre- 
serving reptiles, 341 ; preserving 
and skinning fishes, 342 ; preserving 
Crustacea, 343 ; stuffing and mount- 
ing birds, 344 ; stuffing and mount- 
ing quadrupeds, 348 ; stuffing and 
mounting fish, 351. 
THE RAVEN. 
Mysterious nature of, 33 ; enmity 
of the raven and the fox, 35 ; super- 
stitions respecting, 37 \ travelling 
ravens, 39. 
THE REDBREAST. 
Habitat of, 193 ; song of, 196 ; 
pugnacity of, 196 ; courage of, 198 : 
affection of, 199 ; superstition con- 
cerning, 200 ; traps and snares, 201 ; 
nesting for, 203 ; management of 
fledgling robins, 203 ; food of, 204 ; 
cage of, 205 ; diseases of, and how 
to cure them, 205. 
THE REDSTART. 
Plumage of, 91 ; size of, 92 ; 
traps for, 92 ; cage of, 92 ; diseases 
of, 92. 
ROCK AND WALL-BUILDING 
BIRDS. 
Magpie, jackdaw, 316; ger-falcon, 
merlin, kestrel, 317 ; sparrow-hawk, 
owl, raven, 318 ; starling, redstart, 
ring-ouzel, butcher-bird, 319. 
THE SKYLARK. 
Reverence for, 170 ; structure of, 
172 ; the skylark that preached a 
sermon, 173 ; choice of, 174 ; traps 
and snares for, 175 ; to rear nest- 
lings, 176 ; cage of, 177 ; food 
of, 177 ; diseases of, and how to 
cure them, 178. 
THE SISKIN. 
Limited popular knowledge of, 
123 ; description of, 124 ; nest of, 
124 ; home of, 124 ; mules, 125 : 
cage of, 125 ; food of, 126 ; diseases 
of, and how to cure them, 127. 
THE SPARROW-HAWK. 
Prey of, 245 ; colour of, 246 ; 
cowardice of, 247 ; manoeuvres of, 
247 ; perseverance of, 248 ; savage 
disposition of, 249 ; tractability of 
the sparrow-hawk, 250. 
THE STARLING. 
Sagacity of, 52 ; enmity to cats, 
53 ; habits of, 55; lessons in talking, 
57 ; food of, 58 ; diseases of, 58. 
