ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. 
vi 
THE GREENFINCH. 
The boy’s first songster, 155 ; plu- 
mage of, 156 ; how to rear nestlings, 
157 ; cage of, 159 ; food of, 159 ; dis- 
eases of, and how to cure them, 160. 
THE HAWFINCH. 
Description of, 127 ; colour of, 
128 ; nest of, 128 ; treatment of, 
128. 
HAWKING BIRDS. 
Antiquity of hawking, 225 ; varie- 
ties of the hawk tribe, 232 ; how 
the hawk is trained, 267 ; heron 
hawking, 275 ; magpie hawking, 
277 ; hawk and heron combat, 279 ; 
hawking in Algeria, 281. 
THE HOBBY. 
Resemblance to peregrine, 241 ; 
rarity in England, 241 ; natural 
prey, 241. 
THE JACKDAW. 
Difference from raven, 40 ; social 
habits of, 41 ; tricks of, 43 ; jack- 
daw abroad, 45 ; in captivity, 46 ; 
how to teach it to talk, 46. 
THE JAY. 
Gay attire of, 47 ; character of, 
47 ; inquisitiveness of, 49 ; economy 
of, 5i ; diet of, 52. 
THE KESTREL. 
Derivation of second name, 252 ; 
food of, 252 ; anecdote of, '25 3 ; the 
kestrel a terrible enemy to bird- 
catchers, 254 ; strength of, 255. 
THE LINNET. 
Modesty of, 207 j habitat of, 208 ; 
various colours of, 208 ; song of, 
209 ; how to nest, snare, or buy, 
210 ; how to rear nestlings, 212 ; 
linnet mules, 213 ; cage of, 214 ; 
food of, 215 ; diseases of, and 
how to cure them, 215 ; moulting, 
216. 
THE LORY. 
Papuan, 23 ; purple-capped, 24 ; 
Australian, 24. 
THE MACAW. 
Great scarlet, 19 ; blue and 
yellow, 19. 
THE MAGPIE. 
Sauciness of, 58 ; colours of, 58 ; 
nest of, 59 ; pilfering habits of, 61 ; 
anecdotes of, 62 ; hawking at, 63. 
THE MERLIN. 
Size and description of, 242 ; 
shape of, 243 ; female larger than 
male, 243 ; migratory habits of, 
243 ; its method of hunting, 244. 
THE MOCKING-BIRD. 
Its imitative powers, 93 ; descrip- 
tion of, 93 ; jealousy of, 95 ; eggs of, 
95 ; loves of, 95 ; hogs an annoy- 
ance to, 96. 
NESTS AND EGGS. 
General description of, 289 ; colour 
of eggs — causes of colouring, 291 ; 
forms and size of, 292 ; architecture 
of nests, 293 ; nests of tropical 
birds, 295 : how to collect and 
preserve eggs, 299 ; list of birds’ 
eggs, 300 ; bird-nesting in fields 
and commons, 301 ; nest of the 
linnet, yellow-hammer, 302 ; green- 
finch, redpole, lark, 303 ; woodlark, 
titlark, 304 ; nightingale, 305 ; ditto, 
in woods and hedgerows, 306 ; water- 
ouzel, jay, missel - thrush, 307 ; 
thrush, blackbird, fieldfare, redwing, 
308 ; blackcap, tomtit, 309 ; bottle- 
tit, 310 ; robin-redbreast, 311 ; gold- 
finch, kitty wren, 312 ; chaffinch, 
314 ; hawfinch, bullfinch, siskin, 
315. 
THE NIGHTINGALE. 
Excellence as a songster, 161 ; 
habitat of, 163 ; nesting of, 163 ; a 
