Beads, St. Cuthbert's, 193. Bear, shaved, 277. Beard, care of the, 214. Beards at communion, 62. Beards, gilt, 9. Beasts, blessing of, 348. Bed, looking for the head of the, 283. Bedford Missal, 14. Bees, superstitions about, 239. Bees, wonderful exhibition with, 217. Before houses were numbered, 180. Bells, articles of ringing, 126. Born within the sound of Bow, 61. Coral and, 190. Of Jersey, 120. Subterranean Christmas, 120. Bell, great of Rouen, 110. Great Tom of Lincoln, 118. Inscriptions, 122. Mammoth, of Buddah, 119. Passing, 121. Ringing the changes, 122. Ringing in Holland, 122. St. Fillan's, 119. St. Sepulchre's, 121. Belladonna lily, 305. Benefactor, the devil regarded as a, 227. Bernini's bust of Charles I, 102. Bible and key, divination by, 342. Bug, 8. Curious parallel between Shakespeare and the, 32. Eliot's Indian, 12. Gilt beards, 9. Illuminated MS., 8. Interesting MSS., 10. Magnificent Latin, 10. Mazarine, 9. Printed in gold letters, 10. Vinegar, 11. Wierix's, 9. Bill, curious play, 32. Of particulars, 36. Of repairs, odd, 63. Birds, Albatross, 265. A little bird told me, 66. Assuming the form of, 248. Auk, great, 264. Bantam, warlike, 201. Bittern, 251. Blackbird originally white, 253. Bullfinch, 272. Burree Churree, 251. Chaffinch contest, 269. Change of sight in, 273. Cranes, 251, 263. Crossbill, 251. Crows lost in a fog, 267. Cuckoo, 255. Cuckoo, why she builds no nest, 257. Dodo, 268. Dove, 253. Dove, double-headed, 259. Dove, harbinger of good news, 254. Ears of birds not to be deceived, 272. Introducing a soul into a, 249. Flamingo, nest of the, 274. Gander, an old, 269. Gander, led by a, 267. Hammock, 272. Kingfisher, 264. Imprisoned during incubation, 271. Love, 271. Lark, 252. Magpie, 257. Magpie, half a nest, 257. Magpie stoning a toad, 278. Nightingale, 252. Night owls, 271. Ostrich, 252. Owl, 259. Owl's claws, 340. Paradise, 259. Peacock at home, 268. Peacock crests, 263. Pelican, 270. Penguin breeding-grounds, 271. Penguin's solitary egg, 263. Phœnix, 260. Plover, 263. Prognosticating death, 250. Raven, 250. Robin, killing a, 254. Roc, 270. Sagacity of a bird, 273. Stork, 265. Swallow, 258. Swallow drinks the king's health, 258. Talismanic stones in, 249. Titmouse, 272. White-breasted, 262. Wren, 261. Bird hammock, 272. Birthdays, 62. Birthdays, luck of, 336. Birthday, St. Patrick's, 234. Bittern, 251. Bitterness of strychnia, 303. Blackbirds originally white, 253. Black stone of Mecca, 92. Bleeding for nothing, 70. Blessing beasts, 348. Blossoming, thirty years in, 305.