INDEX
A
Ambition, a strange, 323
Animals, Memory of, as compared with that of man, 107, 108
— Wild, not appreciated, 138, 139
— Philistine nomenclature of, 152–4
— Sensuous pleasures of, underestimated, 252
— Happiness of, as compared with that of savages, 256, 257
— Choice of, in regard to one another a necessity, 281–3
— Cries of, false value often attached to, 306, 307
— Minds of some people in strange state about, 307
— Wild, hearts of, seldom explored, 323
— Have no rights, 348
Appeal against God, an, 333
Arctic Skua, Persecution of terns by, 9–13; not always successful in chase of, 10
— Suggested origin of piracy practised by, 11, 12
— Threatened attack of, rarely made, 10; possible reason of this, 10, 11
— Does not hawk at fish, 9
— Baffled by rock-pipit, 10, 160
— Will leave fish that drops on the sea, 11, 12
— May be pirate or highwayman, 13; possible process of differentiation in this respect, 13
— Loves brigandage, 14: and plays at it, 14
— Wild cry of, 14, 161, 162
— Grace, beauty, etc., of, 14
— Variety of coloration exhibited by, 15–25
— Description of fifteen differently coloured forms of, 15–20
Arctic Skua, Is multimorphic rather than dimorphic, 21
— Young resembles the great skua in plumage, 22; and also in wanting the lance-like feathers of the tail, 22, 23; these facts probably due to sexual selection, 22–5
— Might knock one's hat off under certain circumstances, 94, 151
— Puffin robbed by, 133
— Its absurd prenomen, 152
— Bathing habits of, 160, 161
— Chases ravens, 191; its different cry whilst so doing, 191
— Black guillemot robbed by, 302, 303
— Piracies of, may be turned to account by herring-gull, 302, 303
B
Bacon in frying-pan, companionship afforded by, 3
Bathing, Possible passing of, into an antic in some aquatic birds, 199–201
Bats, Aerial performances of, 134; compared with those of swifts, 134
Birds, Possible loss and reacquirement of the power of flight by some, 7
— "Of a feather flock together," 7
— Segregation of the sexes of, in, 7
— British, process of change and differentiation of, in, 44; advantage of collecting evidence in regard to this, 44, 46
— Possible origin of some antics in, 70, 71
— Sometimes very rude, 173
— Want of uniformity in the actions of, 174
Black Guillemot, Breeds in the Shetlands, 57
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