INDEX. 
271 
Cuckoo ieu by a Thrush; i. 207. 
Cultrirostral, cutting-hilled birds ; ii. 131. 
Cuneirostral, wedge-billed birds; ii. 74. 
Dangerous instinct of Herons and Bitterns in darting at the 
eye; ii. 143. 
Dardanelles, incessant flight of a species of Petrel, on the ; i. 98, 
Dates of the arrival and departure of certain birds; i. 111. 
Desertion of young, instances of; i. 221. 
Desperate leap of a Bird-catcher; ii. 266. 
Digestive organs; i. 50. 
Dodo; ii. 118. 
Dormancy of birds considered ; ii. 40. 
Duck’s bill described ; i. 33. 
occasional long flights of; i. 92. 
Chinese, management of ; ii. 189. 
— affection of; ii. 194. 
nest of Wild; ii. 191. 
— Eider, how to obtain the down; ii. 195. 
Indian mode of catching; ii. 197. 
Shooters, adventures of; ii. 199. 
Mexican ; ii. 204. 
decoy ; ii. 205. 
Eagles, various particulars respecting them ; i. 112. 
carrying off Children; i. 116. 
Egg of the Cuckoo, why laid in small birds’ nests; ii. 78. 
Emu; ii. 116. 
Eye, insect flying in the; ii. 49. 
Herons and Bitterns, dangerous to the ; ii. 143. 
Falcon, Iceland, valuable; i. 146. 
Falconry; i. 150. 
Familiarity of Crows, anecdote of; i. 233. 
Fasting powers of birds; i. 62. 
Fatal event to a family of Sea-fowlers; ii. 267- 
Feathers of Eagles prized; i. 134. 
rapid growth of; ii. 20. 
Feats of Bird-catchers; ii. 264. 
Feeding, mode of, Thrushes; i. 205. 
