LLesser Spotted Woodpecker carries many insects at a time to young,302Life, Civilized, dark clouds that hang over,254-5Lumbago, Disquisition provoked by,205-8MMan, Comparative happiness of savage and civilized,252-6;impartial judgment as to, not obtainable,255,256---- Plays part of devil in nature,347,348---- Civilized, the most miserable being that exists or has ever existed, and the great purveyor of misery to other beings,347,348Might judiciously exercised the highest ideal in accordance with the scheme of nature,348,349Muscovy Ducks, Habit of drinking dew of,62,63---- In the Pittville Gardens, strange appearance of,63,64Museums, Competitive roar for slaughter of,148NNatural History, Full of unverified statements,308---- Museum at Kensington, The, Its family slaughter groups,145-7;the kind of people who enjoy them,145-7Naturalist, The real, not a man for this world,194---- Should be a Boswell,323Nature, The godlessness of,137---- Ruthlessness of, the effect of witnessing,317-21OOptimist, the, His faculty of finding comfort in uncomfortable things,175Ostrich, A ratite bird,198;the scientific exigencies of such a position,198Oyster Catcher.SeeSea-piePPalace of Truth, Mr. W. S. Gilbert's, As played and conceived of at Cheltenham,243(footnote)Peewits, Habit of crouching in young,6;which is not shared by adult,6---- Relations of, with black-headed gull,10Peregrine Falcon, An exaggerated estimate of,156---- Foiled by a partridge,156;and by pigeons,156,157;and by a rook,158Pheasants, Refusal of a cock to rise,44---- Unsportsmanlike conduct of, in Norfolk,44Pigeons, in a mirage,36---- How seen to advantage,157---- Coo of, terror of,158---- Success of, against peregrine falcon,157,158;and eagles,158,159Poet, the modern Christian, His devices for speaking the truth,228,229Porpoise, A large kind of,83,84Professors, The blood-prayer of,148Puffins, Pursued by arctic skua,133---- Rapid flight of,133---- Picked remains of, frequent,136,242---- Enemies of,136,137---- Great difference between young and old,150---- Note of,154,155---- Impassive spectators,169---- Lover-like actions of,240---- Playfulness of,240---- Sympathy shown by,240,241---- Mischances that may befall,242---- Tendency of, to fight in mêlées,242---- Marvellous beak of,243;resembling a false nose used in amateur performance ofThe Palace of Truthat Cheltenham,243(footnote)---- Legs of, how coloured,243,244---- New sensation given by,244---- Enormous numbers of,244,245---- Are somewhat silent,245---- Nuptial display of,246---- Male, a large-hearted bird,246---- Buccal cavity of, a bright yellow,246,247;is probably a sexual adornment,247,248---- Eye of, almost as marked a feature as the beak,299---- Young, dropped by herring-gull on to rocks,308,309---- Many fish brought in at a time by,300;theory as to how this is done,300,301,349---- Is strongly ritualistic,313---- A lecture delivered to,336-41RRailways, Absence of, add a charm to Sterne and Miss Austen,193,194---- The destroyers of man and nature,193Raven, Mobbed by arctic skuas,191,205---- None, this time, on the island,191---- Battue of, in progress throughout the Shetlands,191---- Very wary,194---- Odd action of, in air,194---- Flight of, not majestic,205Razorbill, Apparent habit of constantly drinking sea-water, of,62---- Bright colouring of buccal cavity, of,127;suggested explanation of,129-31---- Nuptial note and actions of,127Red-throated Diver, A ripple in shape of bird,59---- Resembles both a grebe and a guillemot,59---- Neck of, very beautiful,59,60---- Dives like a grebe,60,61---- Apparent habit of continually drinking, of,61Right does not exist apart from might,348,349Rock Pipit, Arctic skua baffled by a,10,160SScience, Hypocritical cloak of,147---- Continual slaughter "for the sake of,"147Scott, Sir Walter, Description of hawk chasing heron inThe Betrothed, by,9,10Sea Birds, Their apparent habit of constantly drinking sea-water,62;possible explanation of this,62---- Power of ejecting excrement to a distance, possessed by,165,166Sea-pie, Quavering note of,1---- Doctrine of metempsychosis in relation to,37---- Bill of, how explained,37---- A sleepy bird,38---- Feeding habits of,218-22---- May become a swimmer,220---- Has some notes like the stone-curlew's,222,223---- Gatherings of, on beach,222,223---- Love-pipings of,223,224---- Aerial nuptial antic of,224Sexual Selection, Nature and origin of prejudice in regard to,280-3Shags, Use feet, alone, in diving,50---- Disturbed in caverns,50---- Unwillingness of young, to re-enter water,50,51;suggested explanation of this,51-4;possible analogy in conduct of lizards of the Galapagos Islands,52-4---- Conduct of a female alarmed for her young,54---- Brilliant colouring of buccal cavity in,55,130,131;but less brilliant in the young bird,56;above facts explained by sexual selection,55,56,129-31---- Apparent habit of continually drinking, of,61---- Flying out of caves in the morning,82-6---- Bellowing of,84,85---- Nuptial actions of,129-31---- Young fed by parents after leaving nest,148,149---- Looking like heraldic eagle,169,170---- Young, how fed,173---- Manner of diving, of,173Shark, Luminous appearance of, under water,205Sheep, A, and lamb, picturesque morning call from,138---- A little harm done by,138Sheepskins in Manchuriaversussealskins in England,337Shetlands, Sunrise in the,81,82---- Summer in the,167,168---- Night out in the, possibility of,167---- The wind in the, less interesting than in England,170,171---- Persecution of ravens, etc., by landowners in the,191-3---- Effect of climate in, on paraffin,232---- More lonely than "the great lonely veldt,"257Sin, the way of, may be better than that of virtue,206,207Snakes, Killing of prey in captivity by, defended by author,354-64Solitude, Sense of not diminished by animal life, except through human associations,3;above opinion reversed,297---- True, should imply no fleas,257Sport, What it does for observation,370,371Sportsmen, An unobservant race,142,143---- Their one channel of observation,143;and way of observing in this,143---- Actuating motive of, to kill,143---- Little of the naturalist in,144---- Hasty inferences made by,304,305---- Interested opinions of,304,307---- Their intellectual competitions with geese, etc.,305---- Compliments paid to themselves by,307---- Statements of, accepted as though from heaven,307Stone Curlew, Habit of crouching of,6---- Possible origin of some antics of,71Sunrise, In the Shetlands,81,82Swifts, Flight of, compared with that of bats,134Sympathy, The nature and origin of,184,185,291,292---- In relation to civilization,292-5;Heine's views as to,293,294TTerns, Breeding-ground of, on the island,1,9---- Canopy formed by,1---- Sharp cry of,1---- A "shrieking sisterhood,"2---- One's presence resented by,4---- Crouching habit of young,6---- Special relations of, with arctic skua,9-13;suggested origin of these,11---- Not often actually attacked by arctic skua,11;some more persevering against than others,11,43;suggested explanation of this,11,43---- Possible ruse of, against arctic skua,11,12---- Preferred as quarry by arctic skua,13---- Excitement in colony of, on young being interfered with,31-34---- Anger of, compared with that of insects,31,32---- Yahoo-like habit of,32,33---- Fiercer in the Shetlands than in southern England,34---- In a mirage,35,36---- Mobbing hares,32,33---- Slight difference between common, and arctic,34,35---- Assaults made on author in defence of young,39,41,42;beak only used in such assaults, by,39,41,42;differ, in this respect, from skuas and gulls,39-41---- Young encouraged to fly by, colony of,42;and may need such encouragement,42,43---- Lethargy of young,42,43---- The common made roseate terns,85---- Communal interest of, in young,179---- Possible process of social evolution in, on analogy ofinsects,179-83Theory, A soil in which facts grow,79,80---- Voltaire's simile in regard to,90UUnited Kingdom, the, Strange summer contained in,167---- Not mistaken by author, for paradise,167WWater Wagtail, Carries many insects to young, at a time,302Whales, Small, off the Shetlands,84---- Seen by author, leaping out of the sea,84,85Wind, the, Difference of, in England and the Shetlands,170,171,190Wren, a, By the wild seashore,238-40ZZoologist of the future, the,323