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  • A.
  • Adder, 13, 15, 16, Intro.
  • Aiery, 39.
  • B.
  • Badger, 12, Intro.
  • Bandoleers, 243.
  • Bat, 13, 14, Intro.
  • Bat-fowling, 157–160.
  • Barnacle Goose, 247.
  • Barnacles, 247–256.
  • Bating, 62.
  • Bee, 17, 18, 19, Intro.
  • Beetle, 17, 20, Intro.
  • Bells, 60.
  • Bird-bolts, 163.
  • Bird-catching, 4, 157.
  • Birding, 72.
  • Birding-pieces, 72, 164, 239.
  • Bird of Jove, 28, 29.
  • Bird-lime, 160.
  • Bird-traps, 162.
  • Birds of song, 123.
  • Birds under domestication, 167.
  • Blackbird, 139.
  • Black Ouzel, 139.
  • Brock, 12, Intro.
  • Bunting, 136.
  • Butterfly, 17, Intro.
  • Buzzard, 47.
  • C.
  • Cadge, 63.
  • Cadger, 64.
  • Caliver, 239.
    • derivation of, 240.
    • description of, 240.
    • figure of, 242.
    • price of, 243.
  • Camelot, 198, 199.
  • Caterpillar, 17, Intro.
  • Chase, Wild-goose, 199.
  • Chough, 115.
    • and Crow, 116.
    • language of, 117.
    • red-legged, 119.
    • russet-pated, 119.
  • Cloys, 31, 32.
  • Cock, 167.
    • ancestry of domestic, 174.
  • Cock-a-hoop, 169, 170.
  • Cock and pye, 47.
  • ill-omened, 45.
  • L.
  • Lang-nebbit things, 228.
  • Lapwing, 221.
    • decoying from nest, 221.
  • Lark, 130.
    • at heaven’s gate, 132.
    • herald of morn, 131.
    • soaring and singing, 135.
    • song of the, 130–134.
    • method of taking, 130.
    • the ploughman’s clock, 133.
  • Lime, 160.
  • Loon, 258, 259.
  • Lure, description of the, 55.
    • use of the, 56.
  • M.
  • Magpie, 120.
  • Mallard, 238.
  • Marten, 33.
  • Martin, 277.
  • Martlet, 277, 278.
  • Mole, 13, Intro.
  • Moth, 17, Intro.
  • Mew, 64.
    • origin of the word, 65.
  • Mews, the Royal, 65, 66.
  • Musket, 74.
  • N.
  • Night-crow, 102.
  • Nightingale, 124.
    • lamenting, 125.
    • recording, 129.
    • singing against a thorn, 126, 127.
    • singing by day, 128.
    • song of, 124.
  • O.
  • Owl, 83–98.
    • its associations, 83.
    • its character maligned, 93.
  • 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-, The marker for Footnote 162 is missing in the original text, and has been left unmarked.

      In the original book's List of Illustrations and Appendix, repeated text is indicated by dittos; in this e-book, the repeated text is copied in full.

      The cover image included with the EPUB and MOBI versions was made by the transcriber and has been placed in the public domain.

      The following changes have also been made:

      Page 76: ancent => ancient: (the ancient Ægyptians).

      Page 182: Shangai => Shanghai: (Dr. Lockhart of Shanghai).





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