Fieldfare and Titmouse.

With November we welcome the principal arrival of the Fieldfare; the large flocks of Missel-thrushes disband; Song Thrushes, and Blackbirds decrease in numbers almost imperceptibly. The Robin now shows a marked tendency to leave exposed haunts, and to draw near to houses and gardens; the Goldcrests disperse, the Titmice are nothing near so gregarious; the House Sparrow deserts the fields and takes up its residence about farmyards and homesteads; the uplands are now almost entirely deserted; and shrubberies are filling rapidly with their mixed avine populations characteristic of the winter; the Yellow Bunting and the Lesser Redpole are still upon the stubbles left unploughed, whilst the Pied Wagtail resorts to them as soon as the share turns over the earth. In November the flocks of Bramblings return to the beech-woods for the winter, and bird-life generally becomes much more localized, crowded into areas where food and shelter chance to be found most easily. December is but an emphasizing of the preceding month. The Kestrel is now very rarely seen about the South Yorkshire woods and fields. Now come the periodical snow-storms that usually punctuate a Yorkshire winter, and with them bird-life becomes more or less disorganized. We have now much wandering to and fro, the recurring frosts drive birds from their usual haunts, and we meet with species in localities where they are seldom seen at any other time. Many birds change their food at such times; but others, not so adaptable, perish in large numbers, especially Redwings. From time to time flocks of Plovers or strings of Geese may be seen crossing over from one sea-board to the other, and the whole month is filled with considerable unrest among the feathered tribe. Avine song in this dreary month is principally confined to the Missel-thrush, the Robin, the Wren, and the Starling; more rarely the Sky-lark and the Hedge Accentor sing. And so the month draws on, and gradually completes the cycle of the year with the advent of January, the latter bringing with it a few slight changes that indicate the beginning of another round of avine phenomena.

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Accentor, Hedge, [182], [183];
migration, [265], [269], [279];
in turnip fields, [290];
nests in January, [286];
song in March, [286];
in December, [203];
perennial song, [283].
Africa, [16], [29], [51].
Andes, [17].
Anglia, East, [73].
April, bird movement in [286];
song in, [286].
Armin, Stack, [253].
Ashopton moors, [66].
Asia, [16].
Atlantic, [88].
August, bird-life in, [289].
Auk, [228], [231], [232], [241], [250].
Auk, Great, fate of, [39].
Auk, Little, migration, [264].

Bamford, [53], [138].
Banks, [159].
Bass Rock, [240], [244]-[250].
Bawtry, [149].
Beauchief woodlands, [132].
Beilby on the Dipper, [18].
Bell Hagg, [138], [155].
Bempton, [240], [242].
Bernacle, migration of, [264].
Berwick, [214].
Bewick, [18].
Bird-catcher, mischief done by, [166], [169].
Bittern, [125];
migration, [264], [280].
Blackbird, [56], [141], [184], [172], [173];
migration, [263], [269];
in September, [290];
in November, [291];
song in February, [285];
in March, [285]-[286];
in July, [289].
Blackbrook, [14], [155].
Blackcap, [183], [184];
migration, [184], [267], [287];
song in July, [289].
Blue Hawk, [64].
Borreay, [253].
Bradfield, [53].
Brambling, [141], [165] fig.; [166], [191], [284], [286];
migration, [166], [265], [275], [292].
Brent Goose, [234].
Brigg, [127], [128].
Brighthelmstone, [57].
Brisson on the Dipper, [15], [16].
Broom Hall, [183].
Bullfinch, [141], [166], [167].
Bullock, [255].
Bunting, Cirl, [170], [194].
—— Common, [170], [214];
migration, [265].
—— Lapland, migration, [280].
—— Reed, [171], [193], [194];
migration, [194], [265];
song, [171];
eggs, [194].
—— Riverside, [193].
—— Snow, [57], [90], [170];
migration, [263]-[265].
—— Yellow, [116], [170], [171], [194], [284], [290], [291];
eggs, [271];
migration, [265], [269], [291];
song, [281], [286].
Buntings, migration of, [279].
Bustard, [57].
—— Thick-kneed, [119].
Buzzard, [84], [133], [144], [236].
—— Common, [134], [135] fig.; [136].
—— Rough-legged, [66].
Byron, [201].

Caithness, [99], [240].
Capercailzie, [43], [149].
Carron, Loch, [33], [94].
Castleton, [59], [236], [237].
Chaffinch, [164]-[166], [284], [289], [290];
abrasion of feathers, [284];
migration, [166], [263], [264], [266], [269], [275];
song, [164], [285].
Charadriinæ, [119].
Chiffchaff, [156], [157], [286], [287] fig.;
migration, [267], [271];
song, [290].
Churn Owl, [108].
Cinclus, [17].
Clacharan, [51].
Clumber, [198].
Cockerham Moss, [127].
Connacher, [87], [252], [258].
Continent, [278].
Coot, [193], [195], [197].
Copse, Forest and, [131].
Cormorant, [218], [226].
Corncrake, [176], [177], [178].
Cornwall, [18], [29], [49], [52].
Coulter-neb, [226].
Crag and Sea-cliff, On, [236].
Crake, Spotted, [126], [193];
migration, [126].
Creeper, [154].
Cromartyshire, [33].
Crossbill, [167].
Crow, Carrion, [89], [90], [147];
migration, [265].
—— Hooded, [88], [89], [90], [147];
migration, [265], [273], [276], [277].
Crows, [132], [137], [151].
Cuchullin Hills, [76].
Cuckoo, [47], [59], [116], [153], [176], [180], [286], [288];
migration, [266]-[268], [271], [289];
voice, [286], [288].
Cuckoo and Meadow Pipit, [47].
Cuckoo’s Mate, [153].
Cumberland, [91].
Curlew, [34], [70], [71], [207];
flocking, [289];
migration, [264], [269], [278], [282].
—— Stone, [117], [118] fig., [119], [120], [121];
migration, [120], [268];
protective coloration, [117], [118], [120], [121];
local names, [118], [119];
eggs, [120].