INDEX

Abbey, founded by birds, [269]
Adjutant Stork, stone in head of, [96]
Aetites, or eagle-stone, [96]
Albatross, raft-nest of, [76]
Alectorius, a magic stone, [95]
Alectromancy, [217]
American eagle, [36]
Ani, or Black Witch, see Jumbiebird.
Anka, mythical bird, [198]
Arabian mythical birds, [193], [196]
Ark, messengers from the, [99]
Arthur, King, becomes a raven, [163]
Arvenus, legend of Lake, [78]
Asbestos, a bird’s skin, [195]
Augury and Auspice defined, [214]
Babes in the Wood, story, [116]
Bennu, a sun-symbol, [195]
Bestiaries described, [58]
Bird-myths, origin of, [226], [253]
Bird-of-Paradise, legends of, [63]
Bird-superstitions rare in United States, [7]
Birds, alleged hibernation of, [89]
Birds as “Openers,” 249–253
Birds as pilots, [161]
Birds as spirits, [10], [25], [189]
Birds associated with monks and hermits, [262]–271
Birds becoming gods, [18]
Birds changing into other birds, [92]
Birds connected with Lightning, [242]–253
Birds, fabulous, explained, [202], [208], [226]
Birds, lucky and unlucky, [25]
Birds of Assyrian seals, [202]
Birds of the Bosphorus, [16]
Birds riding on bigger birds, [81]
Birds transport souls, [190]
Birds, variety of accounted for, [226]–241
Bittern, breast-light of, [79]
Blackbird, red-winged, [239]
Blackbirds blackened by Raven, [229]
Blackbirds once white, [233]
Bluebird, mountain, [23], [240]
Blue jay, legend of, [240]
Bluejay visits the Devil, [166]
Brahminy duck, sacred in Thibet, [18]
Buffon denies song to American birds, [78]
Bulbul, Persian nightingale, [48]
Butcher-bird, alleged trick of, [79]
Buzzard, turkey, features of, [227], [236], [241], [284]
Chickens as weather-prophets, [221]
Chickens used in augury, [216], [223]
Chimney swift, Josselyn’s account of, [62]
Chouans, named from owl’s cry, [187]
Cinamros, Persian myth, [205]
Cock, alectorius of, [96]
Cock, as Gaulish emblem, [44]
Cock, barnyard, a sun-bird, [218]
Cock, Christian legends of, [109], [151]
Cock, stoned on Shrove Tuesday, [123]
Cormorants, legends of, [228], [231]
Cranes carry away girl, [237]
Crane’s foot, origin, [170]
Cranes transport small birds, [83]
Cranes war with Pygmies, [94]
Crocodile-bird, legend of, [60]
Crossbill, Christian legend of, [113]
Crow, Chinese three-legged, [172]
Crow, formerly white, [233]
Crow, hooded, dread of, [165]
Crow in Ghost Dance, [176]
Crow, omens from, [213]
Crows’-feet at eyes, [170]
Crows visit the Devil, [166]
Cuckoos as rain-prophets, [223]
Cupid of the Gaels, [3]
Curassow, legend of, [170]
David beguiled by a pigeon, [259]
Deluges, birds connected with, [98]–108
Demonic birds, [52], [205]
Devil’s birds, [166]
Direction, element in divination, [8], [175], [213]
Divination by birds, [212]–217;
- trifled with, [257], [258]
Dove and the Holy Grail, [137]
Dove as bird of peace, [140]
Dove, Christian legends of, [113], [139]
Dove guides Cortez’s ship, [138]
Dove instructs Pope Gregory, [133]
Dove of St. Remi, [133], [137]
Dove, revered in Islam, [135]
Dove saves Genghis Khan, [141]
Dove sent from the Ark, [101]
Dove, symbol of Holy Ghost, [133], [134], [138]
Dove, symbol of Ishtar, [127]–132
Doves at Dodona, [130]
Doves in Jewish sacrifice, [140]
Doves in Solomonic legends, [259]
Doves, prophetic, [5]–9
Eagle, double-headed, [29], [33], [52]
Eagle, emblem of St. John, [149]
Eagle, golden, or war, [24], [35]
Eagle, imperial, [30]
Eagle-lecterns, origin of, [149]
Eagle, legends of, [97]
Eagle, Mexican harpy, [38]
Eagle, myths about, [68], [73], [76]
Eagle of Lagash, [28]
Eagles, omens from, [213]
Eagle-stone, or aetites, [96]
Easter eggs, customs explained, [124]
Eggs in mosques and churches, [54]
Eskimo bird-tales, [273], [274]
Fairies traced to Morrigu, [165]
Falcon, symbolism of, [150]
Feng-whang. See Fung-whang.
Fish-hawk, legend of, [80]
France, popular emblem of, [41]–46
Franklin compares eagle and turkey, [37]
Fung-whang, Chinese myth, [207]
Garuda, Hindoo myth, [206]
Gaul, name explained, [41]
Genghis Khan saved by owl, [186]
Ghost Dance explained, [177]
Goatsuckers, cries of dreaded, [6], [15]
Goldfinch, Christian legend of, [113]
Goose and golden eggs, [66]
Goose-bone fable, [222]
Goose, golden Capitoline, [255]
Goose growing on trees, [64]
Goose in Buddhist myth, [67]
Grebe, legend of, [240]
Green fowl, Mohammedan, [15]
Grouse, marks on ruffed, [238]
Guan, legend of, [107]
Guatemala, emblem of, [39]
Guillemots, origin of, [237]
Gulls offend Giant, [234]
Hair, superstitions about, [9]
Halcyon days, meaning of, [22]
Harpies, Sirens, etc., [193]
Hibernation of birds, [89]
Ho-ho, Japanese myth, [208]
Hoopoe, legends of, [153], [250], [261]
Hornbill, superstitions about, [16]
Hummingbird, hibernation of, [90]
Hummingbird, riding a crane, [81]
Hummingbird, voice lost, [241]
Indian poetic story, [275]–279
Jackdaw of Rheims, [157]
Jay, Canada, gives warning, [4]
Jumbie-bird, Ani, or Black Witch, [189]
Kamar, Persian myth, [206]
Karshipta, Persian myth, [206]
King, choice of by birds, [82], [206]
Kingbird, riding a hawk, [81]
Kingfisher, halcyon myth, [20], [234]–239
Kingfisher, sent from the Ark, [102]
Kiskadee, legend of, [239]
Kite, Egyptian legend of, [151]
Lapwing and Covenanters, [256]
Lark, Laverock, funereal, [115]
Legend, definition of, [254]
Lightning attributed to birds, [243]–253
Loon, origin of its cry, [279]
Lucky birds, [25]
Macaw as fire-bird, [41]
Magpie, portents by, [171]
Mexico, national emblem, [38]
Migrating birds carried by others, [81]–88
Migration to the moon, [91]
Moccasin flower legend, [6]
Monks, medieval and birds, [262]–271
Morrigu and her crows, [165]
Nightingale, myths and legends, [48], [50]
Number, important in divination, [8], [171]
Nuns of Whitby, [88]
Odin’s ravens, [150]
Omens trifled with, [257], [258]
Ornithomancy, origin of, [5]
Osage Indians, bird ancestry, [11]
Osprey, legend of, [80]
Ostrich eggs, use of, [54]
Ostrich, errors pertaining to, [54]
Ostrich plumes, symbolism, [153]
Owein’s ravens, [162]
Owl, a Baker’s daughter, [121]
Owl a monarch’s daughter, [183]
Owl, Athenian, [180]
Owl in medieval medicine, [185]
Owl once a singer, [112]
Owl once an Eskimo girl, [233]
Owl saves heroes, [186], [258]
Owls, Christian legends of, [121]
Owls, superstitions about, [181], [187], [213], [258]
Oystercatcher, why blessed, [112]
Palm, associated with phenix, [198]
Paradise-birds, [63], [64]
Peacock feathers, indicate rank, [144]
Peacock, feathers, superstitions, [148]
Peacock, saves Chinese general, [187]
Peacocks, legends of, [141]–147
Pelican, errors pertaining to, [58]
Pelican, Seri ancestor, [11]
Pelican, symbolism of, [147]
Pharaoh’s chicken, [34]
Pheasant, Argus, painted, [233]
Phenix as a Christian symbol, [196]
Phenix described, [191]
Pigeons in church feasts, [125]
Pigeons of Venice, [125]
Pigeon shrine near Yarkand, [136]
Polynesian bird-gods, [19]
Quails, Israelitish legend, [93]
Quetzal-bird, [39]
Rabbit and Easter eggs, [124]
Rain-birds described, [223]
Rara avis (swan), [46]
Raven as culture-hero, [228]–234
Raven, characteristics of, [134]
Raven, Dickens’s “Grip,” 156
Raven dresses the birds, [228]
Raven feeds Elijah, [158]
Raven feeds hermits, [164]
Raven flag of Danes, [159]
Raven, ghostly, [164]
Raven, Mosaic view of, [158]
Raven, myths concerning, [72], [105], [248]
Raven once white, [168], [232]
Raven, portents by, [169], [173], [213]
Raven saves body of St. Vincent, [164]
Raven sent from the Ark, [100]
Raven’s Hill and Barbarossa, [163]
Ravens, Odin’s messengers, [150]
Redbreast, Christian legends of, [114]
Redbreast covers corpses, [116]
Redpoll, bringing fire, [274]
Rhea, errors concerning, [55]
Robin, American, singing, [282]
Robin, European. See Redbreast.
Roc (Rukh), Sinbad’s discovery, [200]
Sacred birds explained, [16], [24]
Sagehen, Paiute story of, [106]
Salamander as a bird, [196]
Scapegoats among birds, [25]
Scarlet bird of Taoists, [207]
Schamir, Solomonic legend, [249]
Seal of United States, [36]
Semiramis, story of, [128]
Sentinel-birds, stories of, [254], [256]
Seven Whistlers, [13], [89]
Shrike, errors regarding, [79]
Shrove Tuesday customs, [123]
Simurgh, Persian myth, [205]
Smell, sense in birds, [75]
Snow-owl blackens raven, [232]
Souls brought by birds, [12]
Souls carried away by birds, [13], [139], [148]
Sparrow in Christian legends, [112]
Speech by birds, [3], [10], [13]
Stones possessed by birds, [95]
Stork, as a migrant, [92]
Stork, legends of, [112], [153]
Stymphalia, birds of, [192], [194]
Swallow, Eskimo origin of, [238]
Swallow in Christian legends, [112]
Swallow, omens from, [25], [213], [218]
Swallow restores blindness, [96]
Swan, black (rara avis), [47]
Swan, death song, [76]
Swan, omens from, [213]
Symplegades, legend of, [131]
Thibetan divination, [174]
Thunder-birds described, [243]–248, [281]
Thunder Cape, name explained, [245]
Trochilus legend, [60]
Trogon, or quetzal-bird, [39]
Trumpeter, legends of, [107], [239]
Tulare, legend of lake, [108]
Turkey, Franklin’s preference, [37]
Turkey, Indian legend of, [106]
Vulture, baldness explained, [227], [236], [241]
Vulture, omens from, [213]
Vulture revered in Egypt, [151]
Vultures, Persian, [207]
Vulture, Turkey. See Buzzard.
Wagtail, Ainu legend of, [103]
War-eagle, American Indian, [35]
Weathercocks explained, [151]
Weather prognostics by birds, [217], [219], [282]
Whippoorwill as a prophet, [5], [6]
Winds as birds, [203], [206], [249]
Woodpecker, Californian, [281]
Woodpecker, magical powers of, [250]
Woodpecker, redheaded, [23], [106], [235], [241]
Wren, Cherokee story of, [282]
Wren, hunting of in Ireland, [118]
Yel, culture-hero, [230]