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figures of, in heraldry may come down from savage times, 102; teach meaning of our high terminology, 110; word "love" properly used in connection with, 110; gregarious, thought-transference more likely in, 222; careful observation of, advisable, 223; slaughter of, 224

Authority, no attention to be paid to, 248

must wait a little, 336

Birds, great range of vision of most, etc., 24, 25; aerial fighting of, sometimes deceptive, 35; nesting habits of, must follow general habits, 48; will vary habits suddenly, 48. Instinct of feigning injury possessed by some, 59; suggested origin of, 63, 64. Pugnacity of, mingled with timidity, 74, 75, 76; nervous or frenzied movements as aids to courage in, and leading to sexual display of plumage by, 76, 77, 78, 79; association of three, 82, 83, 85, 90; sexual feelings of, not always quite dormant in winter, 86, 87, 89; sportings of, may be selected, 89; fighting of, tendency to become formal, 109; frequent difficulty in distinguishing male and female of, 112; slaughter of, each year, and consequent retardation of knowledge as to, 126; power of ejecting excrement to distance possessed by some, and suggested significance of this, 131, 132; can "bring all heaven before our eyes," 143; female not always coy in courtship, 146; wings of, when opened in diving show feet are little used, 148; power of flight in aquatic, how lost or retained, 151, 152; webbed foot of aquatic, how obtained, 160, 161; possible relation between opening bill and colour of gular region, 170; sea, disparity in time of laying of, 183; watching of at straw-stack, 199 et seq. Attempt to catch at, 200, 201; feeding at, 204; sudden simultaneous flights of small, from, and discussion of, 201, 210, 211, 212, 213, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223; fighting of small, at, 208. Self-reliance of, 208, 225; most timid may be least liable to change, 226; wariness combined with boldness in, 226; various, behaving like tree-creepers, 236; origin of some strange actions of foreign, possibly to be traced in our own, 256; song of, founded on call, etc., notes in analogy with plumage, 310, 311; correspondence between call, etc., notes and song of, 312; matrimonial teachings of, conveyed delicately, 328; more knowledge of, gained by watching one than by killing or robbing thousands, 332; killing of, silly as well as brutal, 336; total destruction of, approaching, 336; hatred of destruction of, might extend to man, 336

Blackbird, chariness of fighting sometimes shown by male, 76; pugnacity of hen, 76; at strawstack, 199-204; hen fighting with starling, 204; a charming nest-builder, 301; nest-building of, described, 301, 302, 303, 304. Nest plastered with mud,