INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y.

Among the Osiers, boyish sport, 202-5 Artifices of birds, 63 Birds: of the seasons, 13, 14 calendar of, 47 of the months, 54 little noticed, 101 of the sea, 158 flight of coloured, 162 in the poets (see Poets) Bird-pests, 104, 105 Bird-voices, expressiveness of, 113 song of caged birds, 33, 34 Bittern, its folk-names, 48 Black-backed gull (see Gull) Blackbird, 30 curious folk-belief about, 31 what becomes of its surplus numbers, 31 its nest, 32 its “piping,” 33, 34-37 Blackcap, 101 its song mistaken for the nightingale’s, 102 its eggs and nest, 117, 118 “Blasquet chickens,” 177 Boyish sport among the osiers, 202-205 British Museum, curious notions as to what it wants, 201, 202 Caged Birds Singing, 33, 34 Calendar of birds, 47 Cat concerts, 35 Colour in flights of birds, 162 Coot, 50 Corn-crake, 113 its cry, 114, 117 Cuckoo, 99 its foster-parents, 100 food and song, 101 Curlew, folk-lore of, 49 Cushat (see Wood-pigeon) Dabchicks, 205 “Davy Jones’s locker,” 173, 174 Dotterel, 64 its note, 67 Eagle, 71, 72 in poetry, 153 its flight, 154 (see Erne) Egg-gathering at Flamborough, 167 Eider-duck, 182 Erne, 155 its haunts, 156 its young, 157, 158 its raids on young birds, 165 raids on puffins and rabbits, 170 and black-backed gull, 183 and skua, 184 Evening sounds, 67, 114, 117 Falcon, 72, 75, 76 a falconry, 75 the Laggar-falcon, 71 Fern-owl, its song, 67 its flight, 68, 69 Fieldfares, 54 Finches, 50 the goldfinch a pest in New Zealand, 104 Flamingoes, 162 Flitter-mouse, 117 Flycatchers, 191 Gamekeepers, their stupidity, 144 Garden-warbler, 101, 102 Goatsucker (see Fern-Owl) Goldfinch a pest in New Zealand, 104 Grasshopper warbler, 119 Great Tit (see Tit) Grouse, 70 Guillemots, 161, 162 their haunts and young, 163 their eggs, 164 the raids on their young, 165-167 Gull, the Black-backed, 178 its habits and resorts, 181-183 Günther, Dr., on the Great Tit of Rowfant, 128, 129 Halcyon (see Kingfisher) Hawks, chased by swallows, 40 British, 75 Heron, 48, 143 its persecution by gamekeepers, 144 its effect in landscape, 147 its post of observation, 148 a heronry at breeding-time, 149 in hawking days, 150 “Hewel,” the (Woodpecker), 49 Insects, destruction of, by swallow, 39 Jay, 138 Kestrel, 139 its destruction of mice, 140-143 Kingfisher, its effect in the landscape, 147 its haunts and habits, 189-192 it colouring, nest and eggs, 193, 194 the mystery of the halcyon, 195 folk-beliefs, 196 hardships in winter, 196 its association with the picturesque, 199, 200 the method of feeding its young, 200, 201 £100 for its nest, 201, 202 Laggar-Falcon, 71 Lark: the skylark, 69 its song, 103, 104 a pest in New Zealand, 104 its late rising and regular song, 214, 215 the woodlark, its song, 102 Lighthouses and migrants, 20, 21 Lion’s cries, 34-37 Magpie, 136-138 Mavis (see Thrush) Merle (see Blackbird) Migration and overcrowding, 16 flights of migrants, 20, 21 mystery of migration, 21-26 mortality among migrants, 25 what makes “home” for a bird, 56-58 Mice, destruction of, by kestrel, 140 “Molly-hawks,” 184, 185 Months, birds of the, 54 Moorhen, 199, 206, 207 its young, 208 haunts and nest, 209 a rat adventure, 210, 211 “Mother Carey’s chickens,” 173 Night, bird-music in summer, 213, 214 Nightingale, migration of, 19, 20 song of, 33 in spring, 56 the blackcap’s similarity of song, 102 Nightjar (see Fern-Owl) Nuthatch, 123, 124 its nest-hole, 125 Ossifrage, the, in India, 154 Owl, 133 its utility, 134 its ill-names, 135 the burrowing owl, 170 (see Fern-Owl) Ox-eye (see Tit) Parrots, 162 Partridges, 76-79 Peregrine (see Falcon) Pests, birds which have become, 104, 105 Petrel, 173 in folklore, 174 excellent eating, 177 mystery of its nesting, 177 its burrows, 178 Pheasant, 76-80 Poets, the, and the birds: Barry Cornwall, the Petrel, 173, 178 the Sparrow, 109 Beattie, the Ringdove, 118 Bloomfield, the Robin and Wren, 83 Burns, the Mavis, 14 the Moorcock, 70 the Corn-crake, 113 Byron, the Partridge and Pheasant, 76 Clare, the Partridge, 47 the Moorhen, 209 Cowper, the Sparrow, 105 Cunningham, the Magpie, 136 Drayton, the Blackbird (“woosell,”) 33 the Bittern, 48 the Dotterel, 64 the Kingfisher, 189 the Coot, 206 Faber, the Sea-fowl, 167 the Kingfisher, 192 the Coot, 206 Grahame, the Merle, 30 the Eagle, 153 the Grouse, 70 Hood, the Blackbird, 31 Hurdis, the Rook, 55 Ingelow, Jean, the Finch, 70 Keats, the Thrush, 14 the Swallow, 38 the Finch, 59 Leyden, the Heron, 143 the Woodlark, 103 Mackay, the Gulls, 162 Mallet, on Migration, 21 the Sea-fowl, 169 Marvel, the Hewel (woodpecker), 50 the Heron, 150 Montgomery, the Nuthatch, 123 the Sea-eagle, 170 Pope, the Magpie, 136 Prior, the Sparrow, 106 the Turtle-dove, 120 Scott, the Blackbird, 30 Shakespeare, the Throstle, 14 Shelley, the Ringdove, 59 the Skylark, 103-4 the Owl (Aziola), 133 the Eagle, 190 Shenstone, the Rook, 93 Somerville, the Heron, 143 Southey, the Nuthatch, 123 Spenser, the Eagle, 153 Tennyson, the Thrush, 14 Thomson, the Rook, 55 the Woodlark, 102 White, Gilbert, the Rook, 55 Wordsworth, the Bittern and Woodcock, 83 the Cuckoo, 99 Prairie-dog, 170 Ptarmigan, 71 Puffin, 167 haunts and habits, 168, 169 its nest-hole, 170 Rabbit, and its enemy the erne, 170 Rat and blackbird’s nest, 32 Reed-warbler, 211-213 Ring-dove (see Wood-pigeon) Robin, and wren, 86, 89 early song of, 215 Rook, 55 and crow, 93 value to the farmer, 94-96 its habits, 97 its young, 98 Rowfant, the great tit of, 128, 129 Sambhur-stag, 148 St. Kilda and its puffins, 167, 168 Sea-eagle (see Erne) Seabirds, haunts of, 158 Seasons, birds of the, 13, 14 Sedge-warbler, 211-213 Shrikes, 191 Skua, 184-5 Skylark (see Lark) Snails, 27 Song of caged birds, 33 meaning of song, 34, 35 song of warriors and savages, 37 expressiveness of bird-voices, 113 music of summer nights, 213, 214 Sparrow, its wildness, 60, 61 a pest in America and Colonies, 105, 106 the sparrow-line in the U.S., 105 a popular favourite, 106 the London sparrow, 108 the soldier and sailor’s comrade, 109, 110 Squirrel and blackbird’s nest, 32 Summer nights, music of, 213, 214 Swallow, in folklore, 38 its speed, care of young, destruction of insects, 39 hawk-chasing, 40 at brooding-time, 41, 42 migration of, 43, 55 Throstle (see Thrush) Thrush, 14 is it a migrant? 15, 19 identification with throstle and mavis, 26 food of, 27 song of, 29 in winter, 29 companion of blackbird, 30 appearance in March, 55 Tit, the great, 126 a curious experience, 127 strange nesting-place, 129, 130 Toucans, 191 Turtle-dove, migration of, 19 nest and nest-building, 119, 120 its flight, 123 Voices of Birds (see Song) Vole (see Water-vole) Wagtail, 50, 53 Water-hen (see Moorhen) Water-rat, 93 and moorhen, 210, 211 Water-vole, 93, 199, 200 cutting reeds, 205 Whelks, 27 Woodcock, 83 in the poets, 84 Woodlark (see Lark) Woodpecker, 49, 50 Wood-pigeon, 59 its tameness, 60 defence of young, 61-63 Wren, 84, 85 in folklore, 86, 89 Wryneck, 125 Yaffingale (see Woodpecker)

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