The Ornithology of Shakespeare / Critically examined, explained and illustrated

by James Edmund Harting

INDEX.

• 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, [171].
• Cock-crow, [168].
• Cock-fighting, [172–174].
• Coistrel, [74].
• Cormorants, [259].
  • fishing with, [260].
  • the King’s, [261–264].
  • home of the, [265].
• Coursing, [12], [Intro.]
• Coystril, [74].
• Cricket, [17], [Intro.]
• Crow, [99].
  • black as a, [113].
  • food for, [112].
• Crow, habits of, [111].
  • -keeper, [114].
  • Night-, [102].
  • Scare-, [114].
  • to pluck, [114].
• Crows and their relations, [99].
• Cry havoc, [57].
• Cuckoo, [147–156].
  • habits of, [150].
  • note of, [151].
  • songs, [152–156].
• Cygnet, [201–206].

• D.
• Daw, [119].
• Deer-hunting, [8], [Intro.]
  • -shooting, [4], [Intro.]
  • -stealing, [6], [Intro.]
  • wounded, [10], [Intro.]
• Dive-dapper, [258].
• Divers, [258].
• Dove, [191].
  • of Paphos, [191].
  • of Venus, [191].
  • Rock-, [190].
  • Turtle-, [191].
• Dove-house, [180].
• Dove, Mahomed’s, [193].
  • timidity of, [195].
• Doves, dish of, [196].
• Dormouse, [13], [Intro.]
• Drone, [17], [19], [Intro.]
• Duck, [237].
  • -hunting, [237].

• E.
• Eagle, [23–40].
  • age of, [35].
  • eggs of, [32].
  • eye, [25].
  • eyrie of, [38].
  • longevity of, [33–35].
  • omen of victory, [27].
  • power of flight, [25], [26].
  • power of vision, [24].
• Eagle trained for hawking, [36], [37].
  • the Roman, [28–30].
• Enmew, [64], [66].
• Eyas-musket, [74].
• Eyesses, [57], [58].
• Eyrie, [39], [57].

• F.
• Falcon, [52].
  • docility of the, [54].
  • -gentle, [53].
  • Haggard-, [57–59].
  • and Tercel, [52].
• Falconer, [54].
  • qualities of a good, [55].
  • call of the, [55].
  • wages of, [80].
• Finch, [144].
• Fishing, [3], [Intro.]
• Fly, Blow-, [17], [Intro.]
  • Gad-, [17], [Intro.]
  • House-, [17], [20], [Intro.]
  • small Gilded-, [17], [Intro.]
• Flying at the brook, [51].
• Forester, [6], [10], [Intro.]
• Fowl, [235].
  • flight of, [236].
  • Sea-, [235].
  • Wild-, [235–237].
• Fowling, [4], [Intro.]
• Fox, [11], [Intro.]

• G.
• Game-birds, [209].
  • former value of, [212].
  • laws, [215].
  • preserving, [209–214].
• Gin, the, [231].
• Glowworm, [17], [Intro.]
• Gnat, [17], [Intro.]
• Goose, [197].
  • a green-, [197].
  • a stubble-, [198].
  • former value of a, [197].
  • Wild-, [246].
• Grasshopper, [17], [Intro.]
• Grebe, [258].
  • Great-crested, [258].
  • Little, [258].
• Guinea-fowl, [179].
• Gull, [266].
  • -catchers, [267].
  • -gropers, [268].

• H.
• Haggard, [57–59].
• Halcyon, [275].
  • days, [275].
• Hare, [11], [Intro.]
• Hawks, [49].
  • how to seel, [70].
  • keep of, [79].
  • trappings of, [58–64].
  • value of, [77], [78].
  • unmann’d, [62].
• Hawking, age of, [50].
  • sundries, [80–82].
  • terms, [51].
• Hedgehog, [13], [Intro.]
• Hernshaw, [75], [223].
• Heron, [223].
  • -hawking, [224–228].
  • in bills of fare, [228].
• Hood, [61].
• Hounds, [8], [9], [Intro.]
• Hunting, [4], [Intro.]

• I.
• Jackdaw, [119].
• Jay, [121].
• Jesses, [58], [59].
• Imping, [67], [68].
• Jove’s bird, [28], [29].

• K.
• Kestrel, [73].
• Kingfisher, [275].
• Kite, [43–47].
  • habits of, [46].
  • nest of, [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-, [218].
• Peacock, [175].
  • introduction of, [176].
  • value of, [175].
  • variety of, [176].
• Peewit, [222].
• Pelican, [286].
  • fable of the, [287].
  • explanation of fable, [288–294].
• Pelicans in England, [295].
• Pheasant, [210].
  • introduction of, [211].
  • -hawking, [217].
• Pigeon, [180].
  • Barbary-, [189].
  • Carrier-, [183].
  • domesticated, [181].
  • -fanciers, [182].
  • feeding young, [186].
  • -liver’d, [185].
  • -post, [184].
  • price of, [196].
• Pitch, [51].
• Plantage, [192].
• Point, [51].
• Prune, [31].

• Q.
• Quail, [218].
  • -fighting, [219].
  • note of the, [220].
• Quaint recipes, [71].
• Quarry, [57].

• R.
• Rabbit, [12], [Intro.]
  • -netting, [12], [Intro.]
• Raven, [100].
  • of ill-omen, [101].
  • deserting its young, [106].
  • feathers of, [107].
  • food of, [105].
  • presence on battle-fields, [104].
  • supposed prophetic power, [103].
  • variety of, [109].
• Recipes, quaint, [71].
• Redbreast, [139].
  • -teacher, [142].
• Robin, [139].
• Rock-dove, [190].
• Rook, [121].
• Ruddock, [140].
  • covering with leaves, [141].

• S.
• Sea-fowl, [235].
• Sea-gulls, [266].
• Sea-mells, [270].
• Seel, [69].
• Seeling, [69].
• Slow-worm, [16], [Intro.]
• Snake, [13], [15], [Intro.]
• Snipe, [233].
  • -netting, [234].
• Souse, [38], [39].
• Sparrow, [144].
  • fall of a, [146].
  • hedge-, [147].
• Sparrow, Philip, [145].
  • value of a, [146].
• Sparrowhawk, [73].
• Springes, [229].
  • how to make, [230].
• Stag, wounded, [10], [Intro.]
• Stale, [244].
  • how to make a, [245].
• Stalking, [238].
• Stalking-horse, [238].
• Starlings, [274].
  • talking, [274].
• Stoop, [63].
• Swallow, [277].
• Swallow’s herb, [279].
  • stone, [283].
• Swan, [201].
  • habits of the, [204].
  • nest of the, [204].
  • song of the, [202].
• Swan’s down, [206].
• Swans of Juno, [206].
  • warrant for, [207].
• Squirrel, [13], [Intro.]

• T.
• Tassel-gentle, [54].
• Tercel, [53].
  • and Falcon, [52].
• Throstle, [137].
  • song of the, [138].
• Tire, [38].
• Tower, [39], [51].
• Towering, [39], [51].
• Toad, [13], [15], [Intro.]
• Tradition, a curious, [88].
• Trout, [3], [Intro.]
• Turkey, [177].
  • introduction of, [177].
• Turkey-fowl, [179].
• Turtle-dove, [191].

• V.
• Vulture, [40].
  • repulsive habits of, [41].

• W.
• Wagtail, [156].
• Wasp, [17], [Intro.]
• Watching, [45].
• Weasel, [13], [32].
• Wild-cat, [13], [Intro.]
• Wild-duck, [237].
• Wild-fowl, [235], [257].
• Wild-goose, [246].
• Wild-goose chase, [199].
• Winter-ground, [141].
• Wren, [142].
  • courage of, [143].
  • pugnacity of, [143].
  • song of, [143].
• Woodcock, [228], [271].
  • springe for a, [229].
• Woodcock’s head, the, [232].

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