Falcon, 72, 75, 76 a falconry, 75 the Laggar-falcon, 71 Fern-owl, its song, 67 its flight, 68, 69 Fieldfares, 54 Finches, 50 the goldfinch a pest in New Zealand, 104 Flamingoes, 162 Flitter-mouse, 117 Flycatchers, 191 Gamekeepers, their stupidity, 144 Garden-warbler, 101, 102 Goatsucker (_see_ FERN-OWL) Goldfinch a pest in New Zealand, 104 Grasshopper warbler, 119 Great Tit (_see_ TIT) Grouse, 70 Guillemots, 161, 162 their haunts and young, 163 their eggs, 164 the raids on their young, 165-167 Gull, the Black-backed, 178 its habits and resorts, 181-183 Günther, Dr., on the Great Tit of Rowfant, 128, 129 Halcyon (_see_ KINGFISHER) Hawks, chased by swallows, 40 British, 75 Heron, 48, 143 its persecution by gamekeepers, 144 its effect in landscape, 147 its post of observation, 148 a heronry at breeding-time, 149 in hawking days, 150 "Hewel," the (Woodpecker), 49 Insects, destruction of, by swallow, 39 Jay, 138 Kestrel, 139 its destruction of mice, 140-143 Kingfisher, its effect in the landscape, 147 its haunts and habits, 189-192 it colouring, nest and eggs, 193, 194 the mystery of the halcyon, 195 folk-beliefs, 196 hardships in winter, 196 its association with the picturesque, 199, 200 the method of feeding its young, 200, 201 £100 for its nest, 201, 202 Laggar-Falcon, 71 Lark: the skylark, 69 its song, 103, 104 a pest in New Zealand, 104 its late rising and regular song, 214, 215 the woodlark, its song, 102 Lighthouses and migrants, 20, 21 Lion's cries, 34-37 Magpie, 136-138 Mavis (_see_ THRUSH) Merle (_see_ BLACKBIRD) Migration and overcrowding, 16 flights of migrants, 20, 21 mystery of migration, 21-26 mortality among migrants, 25 what makes "home" for a bird, 56-58 Mice, destruction of, by kestrel, 140 "Molly-hawks," 184, 185 Months, birds of the, 54 Moorhen, 199, 206, 207 its young, 208 haunts and nest, 209 a rat adventure, 210, 211 "Mother Carey's chickens," 173 Night, bird-music in summer, 213, 214 Nightingale, migration of, 19, 20 song of, 33 in spring, 56 the blackcap's similarity of song, 102 Nightjar (_see_ FERN-OWL) Nuthatch, 123, 124 its nest-hole, 125 Ossifrage, the, in India, 154 Owl, 133 its utility, 134 its ill-names, 135 the burrowing owl, 170 (_see_ FERN-OWL) Ox-eye (_see_ TIT) Parrots, 162 Partridges, 76-79 Peregrine (_see_ FALCON) Pests, birds which have become, 104, 105 Petrel, 173 in folklore, 174 excellent eating, 177 mystery of its nesting, 177 its burrows, 178 Pheasant, 76-80 Poets, the, and the birds: Barry Cornwall, the _Petrel_, 173, 178 the _Sparrow_, 109 Beattie, the _Ringdove_, 118 Bloomfield, the _Robin_ and _Wren_, 83 Burns, the _Mavis_, 14 the _Moorcock_, 70 the _Corn-crake_, 113 Byron, the _Partridge_ and _Pheasant_, 76 Clare, the _Partridge_, 47 the _Moorhen_, 209 Cowper, the _Sparrow_, 105 Cunningham, the _Magpie_, 136