ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. 
THE BLACKBIRD. 
Habitat of, 80 ; courage of, 81 ; 
a venerable blackbird, 83 ; nesting 
and trapping, 83 ; how to teach 
tunes to, 85 ; a pious blackbird, 86 ; 
cage of, 86 ; food of, 87 ; diseases of, 
and how to cure them, 87. 
THE BLACKCAP. 
Song of, 88 ; habitat of, 89 ; 
migratory habits of, 89 ; cage of, 
90 ; food of, 90 ; diseases of, and 
how to cure them, 91. 
THE BULLFINCH. 
An ill-used bird, 114 ; defence of 
the character of, 115 ; nesting, 
115 ; how to catch, 116 ; how to 
teach the bullfinch to pipe, 117 ; 
anecdotes of, 119 ; food of, 121 ; 
diseases of, and how to cure them, 
122 . 
THE CANARY. 
Introduction into Europe, 143 ; 
choice and purchase of, 144 ; on 
breeding, 145 ; mules, 148 ; cages, 
149 ; food, 151 ; diseases of, and 
how to cure them, 153. 
THE CHAFFINCH. 
Traps for, 97 ; popularity of, 
101 ; how to tell the hen from the 
cock-bird, 103 ; nestling chaffinches, 
103 ; pegging for, 104 ; teaching 
him to sing, 105 ; taming a chaf- 
finch, 108 ; singing-matches, 109 ; 
cage of, 112 ; food of, 112 ; dis- 
eases of, and how to cure them, 
113. 
THE COCKATOO. 
Sulphur-crested, 21 ; rose-crested, 
22 ; lesser sulphur-crested, 22 ; 
Leadbeater’s, 22. 
THE GER-FALCON. 
Colour of, 240 ; migratory habits, 
240 ; boldness of, 240 ; great demand 
for in olden times, 241. 
THE GOLDFINCH. 
Plumage of, 129 ; varieties of, 129 ; 
description of, 130 ; stories of 
famous goldfinches, 132 ; habits and 
food of, 135 ; traps and snares for, 
135 ; concerning nestlings, 136 ; 
trick goldfinches, 137 ; goldfinch 
mules, 138 ; cage of, 141 ; food of; 
141 ; diseases of, and how to cure 
them, 141. 
THE GOSHAVv'K. 
Description of, 233 ; solitude of, 
234 ; shabeen, the, 234. 
THE GREAT SHRIKE, or 
BUTCHER-BIRD. 
Prey of, 257 : description of, 258 ; 
habitat of, 259 ; origin of the name 
“butcher,” 259 ; petulance of, 260; 
a shrike-nesting story, 260 ; relative 
position ofj 262 ; different names of, 
263 ; song of, 264 ; fighting shrikes, 
265 ; good features in the shrike, 
265. 
