The Ornithology of Shakespeare / Critically examined, explained and illustrated

by James Edmund Harting

• 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].