INDEX.

• A.
• Adder, 13, 15, 16, Intro.
• Aiery, 39.

• B.
• Badger, 12, Intro.
• Bandoleers, 243.
• Bat, 13, 14, Intro.
• Bat-fowling, 157–160.
• Barnacle Goose, 247.
• Barnacles, 247–256.
• Bating, 62.
• Bee, 17, 18, 19, Intro.
• Beetle, 17, 20, Intro.
• Bells, 60.
• Bird-bolts, 163.
• Bird-catching, 4, 157.
• Birding, 72.
• Birding-pieces, 72, 164, 239.
• Bird of Jove, 28, 29.
• Bird-lime, 160.
• Bird-traps, 162.
• Birds of song, 123.
• Birds under domestication, 167.
• Blackbird, 139.
• Black Ouzel, 139.
• Brock, 12, Intro.
• Bunting, 136.
• Butterfly, 17, Intro.
• Buzzard, 47.

• C.
• Cadge, 63.
• Cadger, 64.
• Caliver, 239.
  • derivation of, 240.
  • description of, 240.
  • figure of, 242.
  • price of, 243.
• Camelot, 198, 199.
• Caterpillar, 17, Intro.
• Chase, Wild-goose, 199.
• Chough, 115.
  • and Crow, 116.
  • language of, 117.
  • red-legged, 119.
  • russet-pated, 119.
• Cloys, 31, 32.
• Cock, 167.
  • ancestry of domestic, 174.
• Cock-a-hoop, 169, 170.
• Cock and pye, 171.
• Cock-crow, 168.
• Cock-fighting, 172–174.
• Coistrel, 74.
• Cormorants, 259.
  • fishing with, 260.
  • the King’s, 261–264.
  • home of the, 265.
• Coursing, 12, Intro.
• Coystril, 74.
• Cricket, 17, Intro.
• Crow, 99.
  • black as a, 113.
  • food for, 112.
• Crow, habits of, 111.
  • -keeper, 114.
  • Night-, 102.
  • Scare-, 114.
  • to pluck, 114.
• Crows and their relations, 99.
• Cry havoc, 57.
• Cuckoo, 147–156.
  • habits of, 150.
  • note of, 151.
  • songs, 152–156.
• Cygnet, 201–206.

• D.
• Daw, 119.
• Deer-hunting, 8, Intro.
  • -shooting, 4, Intro.
  • -stealing, 6, Intro.
  • wounded, 10, Intro.
• Dive-dapper, 258.
• Divers, 258.
• Dove, 191.
  • of Paphos, 191.
  • of Venus, 191.
  • Rock-, 190.
  • Turtle-, 191.
• Dove-house, 180.
• Dove, Mahomed’s, 193.
  • timidity of, 195.
• Doves, dish of, 196.
• Dormouse, 13, Intro.
• Drone, 17, 19, Intro.
• Duck, 237.
  • -hunting, 237.

• E.
• Eagle, 23–40.
  • age of, 35.
  • eggs of, 32.
  • eye, 25.
  • eyrie of, 38.
  • longevity of, 33–35.
  • omen of victory, 27.
  • power of flight, 25, 26.
  • power of vision, 24.
• Eagle trained for hawking, 36, 37.
  • the Roman, 28–30.
• Enmew, 64, 66.
• Eyas-musket, 74.
• Eyesses, 57, 58.
• Eyrie, 39, 57.

• F.
• Falcon, 52.
  • docility of the, 54.
  • -gentle, 53.
  • Haggard-, 57–59.
  • and Tercel, 52.
• Falconer, 54.
  • qualities of a good, 55.
  • call of the, 55.
  • wages of, 80.
• Finch, 144.
• Fishing, 3, Intro.
• Fly, Blow-, 17, Intro.
  • Gad-, 17, Intro.
  • House-, 17, 20, Intro.
  • small Gilded-, 17, Intro.
• Flying at the brook, 51.
• Forester, 6, 10, Intro.
• Fowl, 235.
  • flight of, 236.
  • Sea-, 235.
  • Wild-, 235–237.
• Fowling, 4, Intro.
• Fox, 11, Intro.

• G.
• Game-birds, 209.
  • former value of, 212.
  • laws, 215.
  • preserving, 209–214.
• Gin, the, 231.
• Glowworm, 17, Intro.
• Gnat, 17, Intro.
• Goose, 197.
  • a green-, 197.
  • a stubble-, 198.
  • former value of a, 197.
  • Wild-, 246.
• Grasshopper, 17, Intro.
• Grebe, 258.
  • Great-crested, 258.
  • Little, 258.
• Guinea-fowl, 179.
• Gull, 266.
  • -catchers, 267.
  • -gropers, 268.

• H.
• Haggard, 57–59.
• Halcyon, 275.
  • days, 275.
• Hare, 11, Intro.
• Hawks, 49.
  • how to seel, 70.
  • keep of, 79.
  • trappings of, 58–64.
  • value of, 77, 78.
  • unmann’d, 62.
• Hawking, age of, 50.
  • sundries, 80–82.
  • terms, 51.
• Hedgehog, 13, Intro.
• Hernshaw, 75, 223.
• Heron, 223.
  • -hawking, 224–228.
  • in bills of fare, 228.
• Hood, 61.
• Hounds, 8, 9, Intro.
• Hunting, 4, Intro.

• I.
• Jackdaw, 119.
• Jay, 121.
• Jesses, 58, 59.
• Imping, 67, 68.
• Jove’s bird, 28, 29.

• K.
• Kestrel, 73.
• Kingfisher, 275.
• Kite, 43–47.
  • habits of, 46.
  • nest of, 47.
  • ill-omened, 45.

• L.
• Lang-nebbit things, 228.
• Lapwing, 221.
  • decoying from nest, 221.
• Lark, 130.
  • at heaven’s gate, 132.
  • herald of morn, 131.
  • soaring and singing, 135.
  • song of the, 130–134.
  • method of taking, 130.
  • the ploughman’s clock, 133.
• Lime, 160.
• Loon, 258, 259.
• Lure, description of the, 55.
  • use of the, 56.

• M.
• Magpie, 120.
• Mallard, 238.
• Marten, 33.
• Martin, 277.
• Martlet, 277, 278.
• Mole, 13, Intro.
• Moth, 17, Intro.
• Mew, 64.
  • origin of the word, 65.
• Mews, the Royal, 65, 66.
• Musket, 74.

• N.
• Night-crow, 102.
• Nightingale, 124.
  • lamenting, 125.
  • recording, 129.
  • singing against a thorn, 126, 127.
  • singing by day, 128.
  • song of, 124.

• O.
• Owl, 83–98.
  • its associations, 83.
  • its character maligned, 93.
• Owl, its comrades, 97.
  • its fame in song, 96.
  • its five wits, 95.
  • its habits misunderstood, 86.
  • its utility to the farmer, 87.
  • its use in medicine, 84.
  • its note, 90.
  • its retiring habits, 94.
  • robbing nests, 91.
  • of ill-omen, 85.
• Osprey, 41.
  • its power over fish, 43.
• Ostrich, 286.
• Ouzel, 139.

• P.
• Parrot, 272.
  • -teacher, 273.
• Partridge, 216.
  • in kite’s nest, 216.
  • -hawking, 217.
  • netting-, 218.
• Peacock, 175.
  • introduction of, 176.
  • value of, 175.
  • variety of, 176.
• Peewit, 222.
• Pelican, 286.
  • fable of the, 287.
  • explanation of fable, 288–294.
• Pelicans in England, 295.
• Pheasant, 210.
  • introduction of, 211.
  • -hawking, 217.
• Pigeon, 180.
  • Barbary-, 189.
  • Carrier-, 183.
  • domesticated, 181.
  • -fanciers, 182.
  • feeding young, 186.
  • -liver’d, 185.
  • -post, 184.
  • price of, 196.
• Pitch, 51.
• Plantage, 192.
• Point, 51.
• Prune, 31.

• Q.
• Quail, 218.
  • -fighting, 219.
  • note of the, 220.
• Quaint recipes, 71.
• Quarry, 57.

• R.
• Rabbit, 12, Intro.
  • -netting, 12, Intro.
• Raven, 100.
  • of ill-omen, 101.
  • deserting its young, 106.
  • feathers of, 107.
  • food of, 105.
  • presence on battle-fields, 104.
  • supposed prophetic power, 103.
  • variety of, 109.
• Recipes, quaint, 71.
• Redbreast, 139.
  • -teacher, 142.
• Robin, 139.
• Rock-dove, 190.
• Rook, 121.
• Ruddock, 140.
  • covering with leaves, 141.

• S.
• Sea-fowl, 235.
• Sea-gulls, 266.
• Sea-mells, 270.
• Seel, 69.
• Seeling, 69.
• Slow-worm, 16, Intro.
• Snake, 13, 15, Intro.
• Snipe, 233.
  • -netting, 234.
• Souse, 38, 39.
• Sparrow, 144.
  • fall of a, 146.
  • hedge-, 147.
• Sparrow, Philip, 145.
  • value of a, 146.
• Sparrowhawk, 73.
• Springes, 229.
  • how to make, 230.
• Stag, wounded, 10, Intro.
• Stale, 244.
  • how to make a, 245.
• Stalking, 238.
• Stalking-horse, 238.
• Starlings, 274.
  • talking, 274.
• Stoop, 63.
• Swallow, 277.
• Swallow’s herb, 279.
  • stone, 283.
• Swan, 201.
  • habits of the, 204.
  • nest of the, 204.
  • song of the, 202.
• Swan’s down, 206.
• Swans of Juno, 206.
  • warrant for, 207.
• Squirrel, 13, Intro.

• T.
• Tassel-gentle, 54.
• Tercel, 53.
  • and Falcon, 52.
• Throstle, 137.
  • song of the, 138.
• Tire, 38.
• Tower, 39, 51.
• Towering, 39, 51.
• Toad, 13, 15, Intro.
• Tradition, a curious, 88.
• Trout, 3, Intro.
• Turkey, 177.
  • introduction of, 177.
• Turkey-fowl, 179.
• Turtle-dove, 191.

• V.
• Vulture, 40.
  • repulsive habits of, 41.

• W.
• Wagtail, 156.
• Wasp, 17, Intro.
• Watching, 45.
• Weasel, 13, 32.
• Wild-cat, 13, Intro.
• Wild-duck, 237.
• Wild-fowl, 235, 257.
• Wild-goose, 246.
• Wild-goose chase, 199.
• Winter-ground, 141.
• Wren, 142.
  • courage of, 143.
  • pugnacity of, 143.
  • song of, 143.
• Woodcock, 228, 271.
  • springe for a, 229.
• Woodcock’s head, the, 232.