Index.

Arden, Forest of, [14], [16], [18].
As You Like It, scenery of, [13].
Autumn and Bird-life, [24].
Birds, varied attractions of, [1];
modes of capture of, [9-12];
at different seasons, [23];
list of Shakespeare’s, [28];
of prey, [30];
of the Crow family, [69];
of the Farmyard, [81].
Blackbird, [96].
Bunting, [99].
Buzzard, [42].
Chaucer, his love of Nature, [2];
his delight in birds, [3], [4];
on the Nightingale, [5];
on the Eagle, [31];
on the Falcon, [39];
on the Kite, [43];
on the Owl, [58];
on the Lapwing, [67];
on the Chough, [76];
on the Magpie, [79];
on the Cock, [81];
on the Swan, [86];
on the Peacock, [89];
on the Turtle-dove, [92];
on the Swallow, [103].
Chough, [74].
Cock, [81].
Cormorant, [51].
Crows, [33], [72], [94].
Cuckoo, [60], [93], [113].
Dabchick or Dive-dapper, [68].
Daws, [38], [78].
Deer-hunting, [18].
Doves, [90].
Duck, wild, [68].
Eagle, [30].
Estridge, [50].
Falcon, [39].
Falconer, Hereditary Grand, [41], note.
Falconry, [36-39].
Finch, [93].
Flies, [20].
Game-birds, [63].
Goose, [83].
Grebes, [58], [68].
Hare-coursing, [20].
Hawks and Hawking, [36], [39].
Hedge-Sparrow, [101].
House-Martin, [104].
House-Sparrow, [101].
Jackdaw, [78].
Jay, [80].
Keats’ “Ode to the Nightingale,” [113].
Kestrel, [40].
Kite, [42].
Lapwing, [67].
Lark, [93], [94], [113].
Loon or Lown, [52].
Mallard, [68].
Magpie, [79].
Martlet, [104].
Mews, origin of, [41], note.
Nature, contrasts in, [26].
Newton, Prof., cited, [42].
Night and its birds, [56], [95].
Nightingale, [95], [106], [113].
Osprey, [46].
Ostrich, [50].
Ousel, [93], [96].
Owl, [54].
Papingo, in Archery, [50].
Parrot, [48].
Partridge, [65].
Peacock, [89].
Pelican, [51].
Peregrine Falcon, [40].
Pheasant, [64].
Philomela or Nightingale, [106].
Pigeon, [90], [92].
Popinjay, [49].
Quail, [66].
Raven, [69].
Redbreast, [100].
Rook, [72].
Ruddock, [100].
Shakespeare’s youthful surroundings, [6];
his sports, [7], [8], [9];
his sympathy with living creatures, [7].
Shelley’s “Ode to the Skylark,” [113].
Snipe, [66].
Sparrow-hawk, [41].
Spring and birds, [24].
Starling, [78].
Summer, birds in, [23].
Swallow, [103].
Swan, [85].
Thrush or Throstle, [93], [97].
Turkey-cock, [88].
Turtle-dove, [91].
Vulture, [46].
Wagtail, [99].
Wild-duck, [68].
Wild-goose, [83].
Winter, birds in, [25].
Woodcock, [63].
Wordsworth’s “Ode to the Cuckoo,” [113].
Wren, [93], [98].

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