INDEX
- Animals, mysterious faculties possessed by, [290], [291]
- Animal world, the, its existence ignored by writers on psychical subjects, [294]
- Antics, possible origin of some kinds of, [184], [185], [191-193]
- Artists, leave the fenlands alone, [3]
- Australian parrakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus), roosting habits of, [5], [6]
- Australian swan, nest-building actions of the, [174]
- Birds, roosting habits of, [5], [6]
- Song of, at dawn, [74], [75]
- Chases à trois of, [109], [110]
- Nuptial rite performed habitually on nest by some, [181]
- Some peculiarities in the fighting of, [185]
- Mixture of pugnacity and timidity in, [191]
- Their delight in nest-building, [199], [200];
- false ideas on this subject, [199], [200]
- Parental love in; from what period does it date? [208], [209]
- Parental affection and instinct of incubation; are they distinct? [208]
- Performance of parental duties by male; in what originating? [208-211]
- Male feeding female, remarks on, [210], [211]
- Nebbing or billing, origin of habit in, [211-213]
- More interesting questions in regard to, avoided by ornithologists, [210]
- Kiss in proper sense of the word, [211-213]
- Collect insects, &c., to feed young, [216]
- Sexual relations of, [234-236]
- Permanent unions of, [265]
- Power of expression in, [274]
- Cries of, definite significance falsely attributed to, [278]
- Maternal ruses practised by, [279];
- suggested origin of these, [181], [279], [280]
- Our commoner ones related to foreign species with interesting habits should be more closely observed, [286], [287]
- “Bird Watching,” referred to, [127], [128], [158], [175], [181], [253]
- Blackbirds, roosting note of, [4], [5]
- Variety of notes of, [4], [5]
- Alarm-note, so-called, of, [5]
- Strange actions of, in construction of nest, [173], [174]
- Hen alone observed to build by author, [206];
- cock seen to, also, by Mr. Dewar, [206];
- transition process probable; but which way? [206], [207]
- Cock does not incubate, [207]
- But helps feed the young, [208]
- Blue-Tit, movements of, compared with those of long-tailed tit, [17]
- Note of, [18]
- Steals materials from blackbird’s nest, to build with, [205]
- Bower, the, may have grown out of the nest, [70];
- or out of the cleared space where some birds meet to court, &c., [70]
- Bower-Birds, possible origin of bowers, &c., of, [64-70]
- Cat, effects of a, on author’s observations, [265], [268]
- Chaffinch, hen demolishes the nest of golden-crested wren, [205]
- Hen alone observed to make nest, [205]
- Nest-building actions of hen, [205], [206]
- Cheerful constitution, a, a good thing but not a good argument, [231]
- Children, death of, in quantity not affecting, [153]
- Cinnabar moth caterpillar, pupating habits of, [15]
- Ignored by fowls, [15]
- May offer example of warning coloration, [15]
- Coal-Tit, feeds on spruce-buds, [16];
- and on larch-buds, [16]
- Note of, [16]
- Motions of, [16]
- Extracts seeds from fir-cones, [18], [19]
- Possible origin of name, [19], [20]
- Nesting habits of, [194-197]
- Flies directly into nest, [195], [196]
- Composition of nest of, [197]
- Size of nest of, [197]
- Commensalism, possible origin of, [120], [121]
- Coot, change of coloration in the, [276]
- Has become more aquatic than moorhen, [285]
- Dives better than moorhen, [285]
- Bathes floating on water, [285]
- Cow-birds, their habit of destroying their own, and foster-parents’, eggs, [273]
- Cuckoo, comes late in April, [92]
- Playground of, [93], [94], [97], [98]
- Nuptial and social sportings of, [93-95]
- Various notes of, [95], [96]
- Does the male only say “cuckoo”? [96], [102], [103];
- difficulty of making sure of this, [102], [103];
- some evidence on the subject, [104], [105]
- Tune of, changed before June, [96];
- the old rhyme about, not trustworthy, [96]
- Manner of feeding of, [98], [99]
- Becoming nocturnal, [99], [100]
- Persecuted by small birds, [100], [101]
- Possible relations to, of small birds, [100], [101]
- Not confounded by small birds with hawk, [101], [102]
- Dabchicks, haunt the river Lark, [261]
- Eleven together seen on Lark in winter, [261]
- Fascination in becoming acquainted with, [261]
- Curious note of, [262-264];
- and what it suggests, [262];
- is not “whit” but “queek,” [263], [264]
- Grande Finale of, [262], [263]
- Matrimonial duet of, [263], [299], [300], [303], [305], [314], [315];
- and what it expresses, [263-265];
- is performed summer and winter, [299], [300]
- Mate for life, [263], [265]
- Observations on a pair of, at Tuddenham, [296-306]
- Domestic habits of, [296-320]
- Additions to nest by, after apparent completion and during incubation, [297-299], [301]
- Such additions seem unnecessary, [301]
- Leap on to nest of, [297], [302]
- Removal of weed from eggs by, [297], [299], [303]
- Nest of, described, [298]
- Close sitting of, on occasions, [298]
- Eggs sometimes left uncovered by, [298], [299], [300], [303], [304]
- Change on the nest of the, [299], [301], [304]
- Difficulty in eluding observation of, [299]
- Habit of covering eggs of, seems fluctuating and unintelligent, [300];
- probable origin of the habit, [300]
- Chicks fed by parents with weed, [301], [302], [304], [307], [308], [311]
- Chicks ride on parent’s back, [302], [303], [304]
- Jump up on to nest, with young on back, [302], [303], [305]
- Sit still in water as though on nest, [303], [305]
- Family scenes, [303], [305], [311]
- Three chicks on parent’s back, [304]
- One egg out of the four laid by, left unhatched, [305], [306], [307], [319], [320]
- Pair of, observed from pair of Hatherley steps, [306]
- Chicks divided between parents after leaving nest for good, [307], [320]
- Subdivision of parental labour in, [307]
- Assiduous feeding of chicks by male, [307]
- “Peep, peep” of, whilst feeding young, [308]
- Chicks sit under parent’s wing, on back, [308], [309], [313]
- Natural hollow on back of, for chicks to sit in, [308], [309]
- Chicks rarely sit in true nest with parent except on back, [309]
- “Dearest chuck,” note of, [309]
- Invisibility of chicks on parent’s back, [310]
- Parent dives with three chicks on back, [310-312]
- Chicks prefer mother’s back, [312], [313];
- and mount male’s with more difficulty, [312]
- Back of, as seat for young, [313]
- Chicks striped like tigers, [313]
- Discovery made in regard to, [313]
- “Chook-a, chook-a,” note of, [314]
- Moorhen’s nest used by, to sit in with chicks, [314-318];
- probable origin of this habit, [319]
- Darwin, views of, as to origin of music, [10], [11];
- ignored by the late Mr. F. W. H. Myers, [10]
- Attributes colours of tiger, leopard, jaguar, &c., to sexual selection, [44], [45]
- “Laudetur et alget,” [45]
- Fenlands, charm of the, [3]
- Fieldfare, scolding of, [4]
- Firs, planted near Icklingham fifty years ago, [4]
- Frank Buckland, his brown paper parcel, [85]
- His half-part edition of White’s “Selborne,” [85]
- Gilbert White on House-Martins, [243], [249], [251], [252];
- unfair treatment of, [259], [260]
- Great Crested Grebe, consummates nuptial rite on the nest, [68]
- Great Tit, movements of, compared to those of long-tailed tit, [17]
- Green Woodpecker, nest of, often seized by the starling, [129];
- is not much the worse for this, [130], [131];
- possible result of such deprivation, [131], [132]
- Feeds on ants, [31]
- Ants, how procured by, [219], [230]
- Young of, fed by regurgitation, [31], [217], [218]
- Does not bring insects in beak to young, [216], [217]
- Almost wholly an ant eater, [218-221]
- Contents of excrements of, [220], [221]
- Almost as salient an instance of changed habits as Darwin’s La Plata woodpecker, [220]
- Ant diet of, related to regurgitation of food in feeding young, [221]
- Must mate for life, [221]
- Conjugal habits in winter, [221], [222]
- Tail not required as support, [222]
- A fighter, though the contrary has been stated, [223]
- Spring tide activities of, account of, [224-238]
- Hostile demonstrations of, [225]
- Its method of fighting, [226-230], [233], [237]
- Fighting actions of, have become stereotyped, [227-230]
- Sexual relations of, [233], [234], [236], [237]
- Divergence of habits of, from those of the family, [236], [237]
- Ant-eating habits of, [236], [237]
- How does it roost? [237]
- Hatherley steps make good observatory for watching birds, [306], [307]
- Heart of man, Chinese proverb in regard to, [286]
- Hedge-Sparrow, steals building material from blackbird’s nest, [205]
- Heron, cries, &c., uttered by, [72], [73], [75], [76], [77], [79]
- Nuptial flight of, [73], [80], [81]
- Uncouth appearance of, [73], [74], [81], [82]
- Ordinary flight of, [74]
- Domestic habits of, [72-80]
- Change on the nest, the, [75-78]
- Sits firm in a hurricane, [78], [79]
- A close sitter, [79]
- Watchfulness of, [79], [80]
- Descent of pair on to nest, [80]
- Can rise with single flap, [82]
- Eats frogs, moles, mice, shrews, &c., [82], [83]
- Its manner of catching and eating fish, [83], [84], [119]
- Delicacy of beak, [84]
- Beak of, compared with human hand, [84]
- Serratures in beak, [84]
- Serrated claw of, how used, [84-86]
- Management of large eel by, [85], [86]
- Supposed filament of, [86]
- Stalks his prey, [87]
- Settling on nest, [87], [88]
- Sometimes overbalances in catching fish, &c., [83]
- Heronry, a, near Icklingham, [72]
- The awakening of the, [72], [73]
- Historians, their song to an old tune, [231]
- Hooded-Crow, common in West Suffolk during winter, [51]
- Called “carrion crow” by the people, [51]
- Feeding habits of, [51], [52], [55]
- Haunt open warren lands, [51]
- Mingle with rooks, [52], [58]
- Disagreements of, with rooks, [52-54]
- Fighting methods of, [54]
- Rules of precedence of, when feeding in company, [53]
- Gregarious instincts of, compared with those of rooks, [54], [55]
- May sometimes roost with rooks, [55]
- Eats thistle roots, [56]
- Mysterious relations of, with rooks, [58-60]
- One seen flying with peewits, [127]
- House-Martin, domestic habits of, [239-259]
- Nest building of, [240-243], [246-248]
- Musical meetings of, [242-244], [253], [256]
- Gilbert White’s reference to slow rate of building of, [243], [249];
- his explanation of this not the true one, [243], [249]
- Possible intercommunal marriages of, [244], [245]
- Sexual relations of, [244], [245], [252], [253], [255], [256], [259]
- Oppressed by sparrows, [243-246], [248]
- Quick building of nest of, [245], [249]
- Social and communistic relations of, [248], [250], [251], [252], [259]
- Fighting of, [248]
- Apparent inability to resist sparrows, [248]
- Suggested explanation of this, [248], [249]
- Builds nest on site of old one, [249];
- curious fact in relation to this, [249], [250]
- Young, feeding of, [253-257]
- Young, fed by regurgitation, [254-258]
- Insects, how caught by, [258];
- and how brought to young, [257-259]
- Icklingham, where situated, [1], [3]
- The country about, [1], [2], [4]
- Some seven miles from the fenlands, [56]
- Incubation, is instinct of, differentiated from parental love? [208]
- Instinct, may sometimes have grown out of mere mechanical movements, [179-180], [184], [185], [300], [301];
- evidence in regard to this, [180], [181]
- Resulting from lapsed intelligence, [185]
- “Intimations of immortality,” supposed, [10]
- Jackdaws, seem conscious of their superiority when with rooks, [54]
- Decorate their nests, [68]
- Jaguar, theory of protective colouring in regard to, questioned, [43], [44]
- Kestrel flying with peewits, [127]
- Kissing, origin of, in man probably utilitarian, [211-213]
- In relation to birds, [211-213]
- Landseer, false criticism of, [88], [89]
- Masterpiece of, removed from the National Gallery, [89]
- Larks, various ways of mounting and descending of, [107], [108]
- Individual variety in flight of, [108]
- Winter ways of, [108], [109]
- Piping note in winter of, [109]
- Song in February of, [109]
- Chases à trois of, [109]
- Change locality according to season, [110]
- Leopard, theory of protective colouring in regard to, questioned, [43], [44]
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker brings collection of insects in beak to feed young, [216]
- Lion, theory of protective colouring in regard to, questioned, [43]
- Long-tailed Tit, roosting habits of, [6]
- Movements of, [16-18];
- compared with those of blue tit, [17], [18]
- Aerial forced march of, [17]
- Note of, [18]
- Nest-building habits of, [198-204]
- Origin of dome of nest of, [199];
- and of entrance to, [200], [201], [203]
- Uniform way of entering and leaving nest of, [200]
- Contortionist powers of, [202], [204]
- Approaches and leaves nest by one set path, [202], [203]
- The “sweep” up to nest of, [203]
- Man, the chief animal in this world only, [295]
- Maternal affection, beauty of, [214]
- All hail to, [216]
- Mellersh, Mr., letter of, to Standard about starlings referred to, [160]
- Migration, facts of, marginal reference to, [290]
- Missel-Thrush, harsh strident note of, [4]
- Puts a peewit to flight, [123]
- Skirmishes of, with stone-curlews, [123], [124]
- Retreats with honour, [124]
- Moorhen, haunts the river Lark, [261]
- Pair of, built yearly in author’s pond, [265]
- Supernumerary nests made by, [265-269]
- Sits in two or more nests, [266-269]
- Bathing habits of, [267]
- Special bathing-places of, public and private, [267]
- Pronounced habit of over-building of, [269]
- Destruction of its own eggs by, [269-273];
- possible explanation of this habit, [272], [273];
- may be compared with that of the cow-birds of America, [273]
- Continued building of nest by, during incubation and rearing of young, [273]
- Due, probably, to a blind impulse, [273], [274]
- Legs of, gartered in male alone, [275]
- Triple successive coloration of the cere in, [275]
- Difficulty of explaining this, [275], [276]
- Precocity of young, [276], [277]
- Fear of man in the newly-hatched chick, [277]
- Carries shell of hatched egg to shore, [277]
- Young, fed by dams, [277]
- Young, notes of, [277], [278]
- Maternal cries of, [277], [278]
- Clucking note of, to call young, [277], [278];
- and for other uses, [278]
- Variety of expression in cries of young, [278]
- Young, sit in nest with one parent, [278]
- No maternal ruse employed by, [181], [278], [279];
- material for the evolution of one possibly observed, [279]
- Nerves of, highly strung, [280]
- Effect of report of gun on, [280]
- Motions, actions, &c., of, [280]
- A bundle of caprices, [280]
- Habit of flirting tail of, [280]
- Pugnacity of, [281]
- Scene in “The Rivals” acted by, [281]
- Warlike display of, [281-283]
- Method of fighting of, [283-285];
- is essentially unaquatic, [284], [285]
- Pugnacity of, even in winter, [281]
- Bathes only in shallow water, [285]
- Analogy between some actions of, and more developed ones of Ypecaha rail, [285], [286]
- Nuptial antic or pose of, [287], [288]
- Emotional hermaphroditism of, [288]
- Interchangeable performance of nuptial rite in sexes of, [288];
- bearing of this on questions of nature and origin of sexual display, and of inter-sexual selection, [288], [289];
- as, also, on the subliminal self theory, [289]
- Myers, the late Mr. F. W. H., has ignored Darwin’s views as to origin of musical faculty in man, [10]
- Natural history, no finality in, [249]
- Nature, sometimes looks unnatural, [88]
- Two voices of, [110]
- Full of irony, [245]
- Nest, false, of peewit, the, [166-168];
- is the real nest, [168]
- Of birds, suggested origin of the, [168-180]
- May have been originally a thalamum more especially, [181], [182]
- Was once put to two uses habitually, [181], [182];
- as it still is in some instances, [182]
- Nest-building instinct, suggested origin of, in birds, [168-184]
- Nightingale, hen alone seen to build, [206]
- Nightjar, common about Icklingham, [21]
- Sits on extreme tip-top of spruce or larch, [21]
- Its habit of clapping its wings, [21-23];
- sometimes a great many times consecutively, [22], [23]
- “Quaw-ee,” note of, [21]
- Beauty of flight and aerial mastery of, [22]
- A new sensation obtained by seeing it, [22]
- Domestic habits of, [23-37]
- Change on the nest of, [24]
- Churring note uttered by both sexes, [25]
- Expressive power of the churr, [26]
- Incubation shared by male and female, [23], [24], [26]
- Sexes hard to distinguish, [26]
- Male less skilful in incubation than female, [26]
- Hen, the more assiduous sitter, [26]
- Interesting scene observed, [26-29]
- Method of moving eggs adopted by, [27]
- Mahomet and the mountain, [28]
- Both parents feed chicks, [29]
- Low querulous note of, whilst in unharassed circumstances, [29]
- Chicks fed by regurgitation, [29-32], [34]
- Probable mode of catching insects of, [30-33]
- Kind of insects, &c., mostly eaten by, [31-33]
- An aerial whale, [33], [258]
- Difference in size between the two chicks of, [35]
- Early quiescence and later activity of chicks, [35], [36]
- Nesting site gradually deserted, [35]
- Chicks called up by parents, [35], [36]
- Maternal ruse practised by, [36]
- Anxiety of parents in regard to chicks, [36], [37]
- Chicks walk or run easily, [37];
- as do also the grown birds, [37]
- Nuptial rite may be performed on the ground, [37]
- Variety of notes of, [37-39];
- no special limited meaning assignable to these, [37-39]
- Resemblance of, to piece of fir-bark, [40], [41];
- possible meaning of such resemblance, [41], [42]
- Generally protective colouring in relation to incubative, &c., habits of, [42], [43]
- Returns, each year, to same locality, [50]
- Has favourite trees and branches, [50]
- Does not always nest in same spot, [50]
- Nuptial antics, suggested origin of, [180], [181]
- Optimists, as reasoners, [231]
- Ostrich, nesting habits of, as described by Mr. Cronwright Schreiner, [176-178];
- suggestions as to the meaning and origin of these, [177-179]
- Rolling of, in courtship, [178]
- Two kinds of, [178]
- Ornithologists, works of seem written to assist bird-nesters, [210]
- Parasitic instinct, in birds, possible origin of, [132]
- Parental ruses, suggested origin of, [180], [181]
- Partridges, curious chasings of one another of, [188-191];
- nature and suggested explanation of, [189-192]
- Peewits, repair to fens towards end of October for the winter, [3], [116]
- Return in February, [116]
- Appearance, &c., of, [117]
- Their way of bathing, [117], [118];
- and of feeding, [119]
- Chased by missel-thrush, [124]
- Rolling and other strange sexual antics of, [163-166], [174], [175];
- nature of such movements, [167], [168], [171-173];
- theory founded upon them as to origin of nest-building amongst birds, [166-184]
- “False nests” of, [166-168];
- not essentially differing from the real nest, [168]
- “Pesses,” formerly used in Icklingham church, [56]
- Pheasant, at roosting time, [5]
- Roosting habits of, [6]
- Trumpety note of, [7]
- Soft note of, at roosting, [7]
- Partial paralysis produced in, by sudden fright, [279], [280]
- A cock, put to flight by stone-curlew, [123]
- Philistines, the, bloodthirsty shouts of, [156]
- False plea of the, [156], [157]
- Having no appreciation of anything, can destroy everything with impunity, [156], [157]
- Hypocritical pretence of, to an æsthetic motive, [157]
- Poet, the, not a teacher, [11]
- His aptitude to feel and express, [12]
- Protective coloration theory, unsatisfactory in regard to tiger, leopard, jaguar, &c., [43-49]
- Inapplicable to animals that hunt at night by scent, [47]
- Versus sexual selection, [43-50]
- Psychical Research Society, great mistake made by, [143-145]
- Its man-worshipping attitude, [143-145]
- Its neglect of the comparative method, [143-145]
- Indifferent to field natural history, [145]
- Should let the dogs into church, [145]
- Conclusions of, reared on too narrow a basis of fact and observation, [290]
- Rabbits, the stamping of, with hind legs may have various meanings, [38]
- Theory in regard to white tail of, unsubstantiated, [46], [47]
- Browse lichen, [92]
- One warming his paws at camp fire, [93]
- Rhyme, old, about cuckoo changing its tune in June not trustworthy, [96]
- Truth sacrificed for sake of, [96], [97]
- So-called cockney, the, the bugbear of pedants and purists, [97]
- Fetters of, should be loosened, not tightened, [97]
- River Lark, description of, [2]
- Rooks, feeding habits of, [52]
- Mingle with hooded crows, [52], [58]
- Disagreements of, with hooded crows, [52-54]
- Rules of precedence of, when feeding in company, [53]
- Fighting methods of, [54]
- Partial reversion of some, to less social state, [55]
- Gregarious instinct of, sometimes in abeyance, [55], [56]
- Eat roots of thistles, [56]
- May sometimes roost singly, [57]
- Are more civilised than the hooded crow, [57]
- Mysterious relations of, with the hooded crow, [58-60]
- Visits of, to nesting-trees during winter, [60-63];
- reasons for, and suggested origin of these visits, [63-70]
- Compared to bower-birds, [64-70]
- Often pair on nest, [68]
- Are swayed by love in winter as well as in summer, [70]
- Their round of life during winter, [70], [71]
- Sand-martins, fight violently, [248]
- Late appearance of several, [259]
- Schiller, his two great forces “hunger and love,” [70]
- Has forgotten sleep, [71]
- Scott, his style not appreciated by the inappreciative, [82]
- Sense of direction referred to, [290]
- Sexual selection, prejudice in regard to theory of, [45];
- the reason for this, [45]
- May account for white tail in rabbit, [47]
- And for posterior markings, colours, &c., generally, [47]
- Stripes and spots of tiger, leopard, jaguar, zebra, &c., probably due to, [43-50]
- Shag, decorates its nest with flowers, &c., [68]
- “She oaks,” characteristic of country round Icklingham, [3], [4]
- Of the poplar tribe, [3]
- Their great size, [3]
- Are, fortunately, valueless, [3]
- Sleep, a third ruling power, forgotten by Schiller, [71]
- Snipe, one as part of picturesque scene, [119]
- Their odd, stereotyped way of fighting, [185-189];
- and of pursuing one another, [188];
- suggested explanation of these and similar phenomena exhibited by other birds, [190-193]
- Song-Thrush, a fighter, though said not to be, [223]
- Sparrow with a grievance, a, [245]
- Nest-building habits of, [245-247]
- Oppression of house-martins by, [243-246], [248]
- Spiders, one answers query, [14]
- Hibernate under bark of trees, [14]
- Spiritualism, doctrine of, does not answer certain questions, [232]
- Makes best of bad job, but the bad job remains, [232]
- Presents many difficulties, [232]
- Spur-winged lapwing, antics, à trois of, [110];
- suggested origin of, [109], [110]
- Starlings, bathing, [119]
- Feeding over the land, [119]
- Enjoy company of peewits, [120]
- A single one flying with peewits, [120]
- One welcomed back by another, [120], [121]
- Have hearts even in winter, [121], [122]
- Imitate note of peewit, [122]
- Relations of, with green woodpecker, [129-132];
- may lead to one or other acquiring parasitic instinct, [131], [132]
- As architects, [133-136]
- Their nests in sand-pits, [133-135]
- How made? [133-136]
- Social nesting habits of, [136-138]
- Make morality seem a bore, [137]
- Roosting habits of, [138-154]
- Flocking of, before roosting, [138], [139]
- Susurrus, or sing-song of, [138]
- Erratic descent into trees of, [139]
- Simultaneous aerial movement amongst large bodies of, [140], [142], [143];
- some form of thought-transference seems necessary to explain these, [143]
- Distinctive note uttered by, whilst flying, [145], [146]
- Twitter whilst flying, [146]
- Varied entry of, into roosting place, [146]
- Exodus of, from wood in regiments, [147-152];
- back regiments fly first, [150]
- Breaking back of, during exodus, [150], [151]
- Increase altitude when passing hedges, &c., [152]
- Great flights of, a study for Turner, [152]
- Poetry in numbers of, [152]
- Actions of, in the roosting place, [153], [154];
- a disseminating process observable, [153];
- slow diminution of the sing-song, [153];
- sudden flights and scurryings, [153], [154];
- silence not till long after nightfall, [154]
- Morning flight out from roosting-place, [154], [155];
- takes place by successive bands or regiments, [154], [155]
- Kind of bushes, &c., chosen to roost in, [155], [156];
- possible explanation of this, [155], [156]
- Letter written to Daily Telegraph about, [157-160]
- Good done by, [160], [161]
- Harm done by, to fruit inconsiderable, [160], [161]
- Small space occupied by, to sleep in, [157-161]
- Do no harm to song-birds, [158], [159], [161], [162]
- Do not “infest,” but country gentlemen do, [162]
- Statesmen, good that might be done by “translation” of, into dabchicks, [305]
- Stevenson, style of, preferred by Stevenson to Scott’s, [82]
- But not by author, [82]
- Stock-dove, odd formalities in combats of, [185];
- explanation of these, [185]
- Stone-chat, his motions, &c., [115], [116]
- An angry bird, [115]
- His tail flirted at you, [116];
- his certain answer if questioned on the subject, [116]
- Variation in appearance of, [116]
- Stone-curlew, a special feature of country round Icklingham, [124]
- Often feeds with peewits, [122]
- A fighter, [122], [123]
- Puts a cock pheasant to flight, [123]
- Skirmishes of, with missel-thrushes, [123], [124]
- Warlike display of rival males, [123];
- not employed when attacking another species, [123];
- suggested explanation of this, [123]
- Sad cry of, [124], [125]
- The clamour of, [125]
- Other notes of, [125], [126]
- Cry of, recalling piping of oyster-catcher, [126]
- The gathering of the clans, [125]
- Pursued by sparrow-hawk, [126]
- The Heimkehr of, in the early morning, [127]
- Is di-nocturnal, [128]
- More active during the day in spring, [128]
- Crouching habits of, [128]
- Evening dances of, in autumn, [128]
- Migration of, [128]
- Subliminal self, theory of the, a criticism of, [289-294]
- Numerous objections to, [292-294]
- Author’s counter hypothesis to, of innumerable ancestral subliminal selves, [289], [290]
- Swallow tribe, the, insects, how caught and swallowed by, [258]
- Swan, nest-building actions of the male, [174]
- “Test of time,” the, a misleading expression, [89-92]
- Tiger, protective coloration theory in regard to, questioned, [43-45]
- Beauty of the, Darwin’s view as to how acquired, [44-46]
- Coloration of, in relation to man, [47], [48]
- Chinese proverb in regard to Coreans and the, [48]
- Eye-witness’s account of the stalking of a cow by a, [48], [49]
- Titlark, mounting and descent of, [110], [111]
- More like a lark than a wagtail, [111], [112];
- resembles a wagtail also, [113]
- Tits, a feature of Icklingham, [194]
- Tree-pipit, voice of, like the skylark’s, [112]
- Tuddenham, observations on pair of dabchicks at, [296-306]
- Voice, importance of the, in classification, [112], [113]
- Water-wagtail, courting actions of male, [113], [114];
- similarity in, to those of pheasant, [114]
- Nest of, in that of song-thrush, [213]
- Hen alone seems to incubate, [213]
- Alternates eating with building, [213], [214]
- Open bills of young, like Venetian glass vases, [214]
- Collects a number of flies, &c., for young, [214]
- Beauty of maternal love as exemplified by, [214]
- Skill of, in collecting flies, [215], [216]
- Weather, the, and the cries of birds, [6], [7]
- Wheatear, characteristic of the steppes of Icklingham, [106]
- Arrival of first pair of, [106]
- Arrives in splendid plumage, [106]
- Ways of the male, [106], [107]
- Plumage of male, [114], [115]
- Courtship of male, [107], [114]
- Curious sexual actions of male, [175], [176]
- Wood-pigeons, cooing of, [8], [9]
- Roosting of, [9], [10], [12], [13]
- Emotions raised by rushing sound of wings of, [9], [10];
- remarks as to this, [10-12]
- Numbers of, in West Suffolk, [12], [13]
- Pigeon-trees made by, [13]
- Less characteristic coo of, [74], [75]
- Single one flying with starlings, [127]
- Partial paralysis produced in, by sudden fright, [279], [280]
- Wordsworth, his “intimations of immortality” due to the laws of inheritance, [10], [11]
- No evidence contained in the famous ode of, [11], [12]
- Wren, house-hunting of, [13], [14]
- Food of, in winter, [14]
- Seen to enter long-tailed tit’s nest in absence of owner, [204], [205]
- Ypecaha rails, screaming dances of, referred to, [285]
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