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INDEX. 
Owl, 
its comrades, 97. 
its fame in song, 96. 
its five wits, 95. 
its habits misunderstood, 86. 
its utility to the farmer, 87. 
its use in medicine, 84. 
„ its note, 90. 
,, its retiring habits, 94. 
,, robbing nests, 91. 
,, of ill-omen, 85. 
Osprey, 41. 
,, its power over fish, 43. 
Ostrich, 286. 
Ouzel, 139. 
P. 
Parrot, 272. 
,, -teacher, 273. 
Partridge, 216. 
,, in kite’s nest, 216. 
,, -hawking, 217. 
,, netting-, 218. 
Peacock, 175. 
,, introduction of, 176. 
,, value of, 175. 
,, variety of, 176. 
Peewit, 222. 
Pelican, 286. 
,, fable of the, 287. 
,, explanation of fable, 288-294. 
Pelicans in England, 295. 
Pheasant, 210. 
,, introduction of, 21 x. 
,, -hawking, 217. 
Pigeon, 180. 
,, Barbary-, 189. 
,, Carrier-, 183. 
,, domesticated, 181. 
,, -fanciers, 182. 
,, feeding young, 186. 
,, -liver’d, 185. 
,, -post, 184. 
,, price of, 196. 
Pitch, 51. 
Plantage, 192. 
Point, 51. 
Prune, 31. 
Q. 
Quail, 218. 
,, -fighting, 219. 
,, note of the, 220. 
Quaint recipes, 71. 
Quarry, 57. 
R. 
Rabbit, 12, Intro. 
,, -netting, 12, Intro. 
Raven, 100. 
,, of ill-omen, 101. 
,, deserting its young, 106. 
,, feathers of, 107. 
,, food of, 105. 
,, presence on battle-fields, 104. 
,, supposed prophetic power, 103 
,, variety of, 109. 
Recipes, quaint, 71. 
Redbreast, 139. 
,, -teacher, 142. 
Robin, 139. 
Rock-dove, 190. 
Rook, 121. 
Ruddock, 140. 
,, covering with leaves, 141. 
S. 
Sea-fowl, 235. 
Sea-gulls, 266. 
Sea-mells, 270. 
Seel, 69. 
Seeling, 69. 
Slow-worm, 16, Intro. 
Snake, 13, 15, Intro. 
Snipe, 233. 
,, -netting, 234. 
Souse, 38, 39. 
Sparrow, 144. 
,, fall of a, 146. 
,, hedge-, 147. 
