[123] Here is another instance, in which man, seeking his own pleasure at the expense of the well being of other creatures, deceives himself respecting the motives. The poor prisoner does not sing to amuse himself, or from contentment; its repeated cries call unceasingly for the mate from which it is separated; and though they have been vain throughout the day, he renews them on the morrow, no doubt, like man, supported by hope,--a hope, alas! which is never realised!--AUTHOR. [124] It is now uncommon in Britain.--TRANSLATOR. [125] A great many mallards are half domesticated on the water in St. James' Park, London, and other similar places in England.--TRANSLATOR. INDEX. A. _Accentor modularis_, Bechstein, 228 _Alauda alpestris_, Linnæus, 184 _Alauda arborea_, Linnæus, 179 _Alauda arvensis_, Linnæus, 174 _Alauda Calandra_, Linnæus, 185 _Alauda cristata_, Linnæus, 178 _Alcedo Ispida_, Linnæus, 83 Amandava, 104 _Ampelis garrulus_, Linnæus, 188 _Anthus arboreus_, Bechstein, 182 _Anthus campestris_, Bechstein, 184 Arbour Bird, 255 B. Babillard, 247 Blackbird, 198 Blackbird (Ring), 200 Blackbonnet, 121 Blackcap, 222 Black Stork, 296 Blue-Breast, 233 Bohemian Chatterer, 188 Bullfinch, 92 Bunting (Corn), 116 Bunting (Dominican), 125 Bunting (Foolish), 120 Bunting (Mountain), 114 Bunting (Painted), 127 Bunting (Reed), 121 Bunting (Shaft-tailed), 125 Bunting (Snow), 112 Bunting (Sparrow), 123 Bunting (Whidah), 124 Butcher-bird (Great), 31 C. Calandra Lark, 185 Canary, 158 Carrion Crow, 39 Ceram Lory, 73 Chaffinch, 128 Chiff-Chaff (Common), 258 Chiff-Chaff (Rufous), 261 _Cinclus aquaticus_, Bechstein, 190 Cirl-Bunting, Latham, 119 Cockatoo (Banksian), 70 Cockatoo (Great red-crested), 69 Cockatoo (Great White), 68 Cockatoo (Lesser White), 69 Cockatoo (Red-vented), 70 _Columba Palumbus_, Linnæus, 285 _Columba risoria_, Linnæus, 287 _Columba Turtur_, Linnæus, 286 Common Partridge, 290 Common Quail, 291 Common Snipe, 297 _Coracias garrula_, Linnæus, 44 Corn Crake, 300 _Corvus Caryocatactes_, Linnæus, 42 _Corvus Corax_, Linnæus, 37 _Corvus Cornix_, Linnæus, 39 _Corvus Corone_, Linnæus, 39 _Corvus frugilegus_, Linnæus, 39 _Corvus glandarius_, Linnæus, 40 _Corvus Monedula_, Linnæus, 40 _Corvus Pica_, Linnæus, 43 Crossbill, 89 Cuckoo, 51 _Cuculus canorus_, Linnæus, 51 _Cuculus Persa_, Linnæus, 82 _Curruca garrula_, Brisson, 249 Cushat, 285 D. Dipper, 190 Doves, 284 Dominican, 106 Dunncock, 228 E. _Emberiza Cia_, Linnæus, 120 _Emberiza Ciris_, Linnæus, 127 _Emberiza Cirlus_, Linnæus, 119 _Emberiza citrinella_, Linnæus, 114 _Emberiza cyanea_, Linnæus, 126 _Emberiza Eloeathorax_, 119 _Emberiza hortulana_, Linnæus, 117