Whilst fully agreeing with Herr Herman I would go further. We live in an age when aerial locomotion has become important, and will be more and more important in the future. Every lesson we can learn from the successes or failures of these most perfect aerial navigators must be of use.
But putting aside economic and utilitarian considerations, there is to some of us a greater stimulus to solve the problems of nature. With the birds, and the insects and plants upon which they feed, we share a common heritage, and the more we learn of the life of these, our fellow workers, the nearer we approach solution of the great riddle of the Universe, the mysterious law-abiding scheme of Nature. The book of knowledge to which we may add some iota is marred with mystery, superstition and error, but each proved fact cleanses its pages. "Facts," says Laing, "are the spokes of the ladder by which we climb from earth to heaven."
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[INDEX]
| [A] | [B] | [C] | [D] | [E] | [F] | [G] | [H] | [I] | [J] | [K] | [L] | [M] |
| [N] | [O] | [P] | [Q] | [R] | [S] | [T] | [U] | [V] | [W] | X | [Y] | Z |
A
Allen, J. A., [29], [34], [49], [61], [64]
American Golden Plover, [24], [61], [77]
——Robin, [102]
Anacreon, [114]
Anticyclones, [89]
Arctic Tern, [3]
B
Baird, S. F., [120]
Barometric Influence, [88]
Barrington, R. M., [108], [109], [111]
Beam Wind, [61], [96]
Black and White Creeper, [68]
Blackbird, [50], [109], [112]
Blackheaded Gull, [75]
Black Redstart, [109]
Black-throated Blue Warbler, [69]
Bluethroat, [123]
Brambling, [7], [22]
Bray, R. A., [49]
Brehm. C. L., [32]
Brewster, W., [37], [106]
Brooks, W. K., [32], [124]
Burroughs, J., [56]
Butler, A. L., [121]
C
Cape Pigeon, [121]
Carpenter, F. W., [48], [49]
Chaffinch, [22]
Chapman, A., [45], [54]
Chapman, F. M., [48], [49]
Charadrius dominicus, [77]
Charadrius fulvus, [80]
——plurialis, [77]
Chrysomitris tristris, [48]
Ciconia alba, [71]
Clarke, A. H., [61]
Clarke, W. E., [6], [9], [38], [51], [59], [61], [64], [84], [85], [87], [88], [89], [94], [95], [100], [107]
Clayton, H. H., [49]
Common Tern, [75]
Cooke, W. W., [6], [24], [25], [38], [41], [68], [69], [77], [79], [80], [101], [103], [104]
Cordeaux, J., [96]
Corncrake, [117]
Coues, E., [12]
Cox, P., [39]
Crawshay, R., [29]
Crossbill, 123
Curlew, [8], [25], [111], [122]
D
Dendroica coerulescens, [69]
Derham, W., [116]
Dipper, [7]
Disasters at lights, [85], [105], [106]
Dixon, C., [41], [43], [60], [116]
Dockray, J. A., [120]
Dunlin, [8], [109]
E
Edwards, G., [116]
F
Fath, E. A., [55]
Fieldfare, [7], [22]
Frederic II., [115]
G
Gadow, H. F., [20]
Gätke, H., [33], [34], [47], [50], [51], [52], [62], [63], [121]
Geoffroy St Hilaire, [115]
Geographical Distribution, [2], [10]
Geothlypis trichas, [69]
Glacial Epoch, [20]
Glaisher, [90]
Gmelin, J. G., [117]
Goldcrest, [95], [96], [109], [113]
Goldeneye, [25]
Golden Plover, [23], [24], [25], [26], [61], [77], [80], [111]
Great Auk, [22]
Great Crested Grebe, [44]
Guillemot, [124]
H
Hawk Owl, [121]
Herman, O., [5], [6], [38], [40], [99], [115], [118], [129]
Hibernation, [115], [116]
Hirundo rustica, [65]
Homer, [114]
Hooded Crow, [51], [75], [97]
Hudson, W. H., [28], [124]
Hudsonian Godwit, [28], [29]
I
Isepipteses, [39]
J
Jack Snipe, [7]
K
Knot, [3], [28]
L
Labrador Duck, [22]
Land-bridges, [42], [43]
Lapwing, [23], [74], [85]
Legg, J., [5], [117]
Lesser Black-backed Gull, [123]
Limosa haesmastica, [28]
Lucanus, [47]
M
Mach-Bruer, [61]
Manx Shearwater, [122]
Marek, M., [32]
Marsham family, [117]
Martorelli, G., [61]
Maryland Yellowthroat, [69]
Meadow Pipit, [109]
Merriam, C. H., [6]
Middendorf, A. T. Von, [39], [58]
Mnistitta raria, [68]
Möbius, K., [61]
Montagu, G., [115]
Moon-phases, [108]
Moult, [67]
N
Newton, A., [2], [11], [61]
Nightingale, [43]
Noddy Tern, [64]
Non-breeding birds, [27], [28]
Numenius longirostris, [122]
O
Oestrelata brevipes, [123]
——neglecta, [123]
Orientation, [56]
Ornithophænology, [6], [117]
Oystercatcher, [109], [111]
P
Pacific Golden Plover, [26], [80]
Pallas's Sand-grouse, [8]
Palm Warbler, [69]
Palmén, I. A., [39]
Penguin, [124]
Puffin, [124]
Q
Quinet, A., [41]
Quiscalus purpureus, [48]
R
Red Grouse, [3], [7]
Red-throated Diver, [124]
Redwing, [22], [88], [109], [111]
Ringing, [71-76]
Robin, [7], [8], [109]
Rook, [8], [97]
Rushes, [85], [88]
S
Sanderling, [28]
Sclater, P. L., [10]
Sclater, W. L., [66]
Scott, W. E. D., [48]
Seebohm, H., [19], [35], [36], [66], [107], [116], [124]
Service, R., [50], [96]
Skylark, [109], [113]
Smith, A. C., [117]
Snipe, [8], [109]
Snow Bunting, [121]
Song Thrush, [4], [7], [8], [73], [74], [109], [112]
Sooty Tern, [64]
Spoonbill, [50]
Starling, [17], [109], [112], [113]
Stebbins, J., [49], [55]
Stone, W., [112]
Stonechat, [109]
Stubbs, F. J., [52], [97], [98], [100]
Submerged Coastlines, [42]
Swallow, [36], [51], [65], [94]
Swift, [18]
T
Taverner, P. A., [2], [17], [30]
Taylor, H., [98]
Teal, [76]
Thomson, A. L., [71]
Tomison, J., [88], [97], [105]
Trans-Atlantic Migration, [119]
Tristram, Canon, [65]
Trumbull, J., [121]
Tufted Duck, [17]
Turdus migratorius, [102]
Turnstone, [28]
Turtle Dove, [17], [44]
U
Upland Goose, [124]
V
Verey, A. S., [48]
W
Wallace, A. R., [19], [31]
Walters, H. E., [64]
Water-rail, [109], [117]
Watson, J. B., [64]
Wheatear, [67], [68], [109], [121]
White Stork, [71]
Wild Duck, [109], [111]
Wind Pockets, [122]
Wind Speed Tables, [92], [93]
Winkenwerde, H. A., [49]
Woodcock, [75], [109]
Y
Yellow-browed Warbler, [123]