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Ostrich, substance found in the stomach of one; i e 53. 
affectionate disposition of the; ii. 114. 
Owls, particulars respecting; i. 173. 
Oyster-Catchers; i. 225; ii. 130; 
Palamedea Cornuta, or Horned Screamer; ii. 129. 
Palmipedes, web-footed; ii. 169. 
Park, Mungo, anecdote of; i. 2. 
Parrots; ii. 83. 
— beak described; i. 31. 
Partridge and Turkey associate; ii. 103. 
* — tame; ii. 105. 
how taken in the East; ii. 108. 
Passerine order; ii. 1. 
Peacocks formerly prized as dainties; ii, 99, 
Pelican’s beak; i. 38. 
traditions of ; ii. 208. 
Penguin’s selection for breeding-place ; ii. 257. 
— - trade in the Shetland Islands ; ii. 259. 
Petrel, used as a candle ; ii. 239. 
- — Stormy, sailor’s superstition of; ii. 241. 
found inland; ii. 241. 
Pheasant attacks a lady; ii. 93. 
directions for rearing them ; ii. 97. 
Pigeons, living peaceably with a Hawk; i. 169. 
— Passenger; ii. 85. 
Wood; ii. 89. 
’s nest by a litter of kittens ; ii. 92. 
Platypus, Duck-billed; i. 35. 
Philoris Paradiseus, plumage of ; i. 77 . 
Plover, Stilted; i. 48. 
— , Egyptian, anecdote of an; ii. 155. 
Plumage of birds considered; i. 77? 81, 82, 
Pouch of the Hurgila, use of ; ii. 140. 
Bustard; ii. 112. 
Poultry tribe ; ii. 84. 
Pressirostral, or Narrow-beaked; ii, 119. 
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