Part 54

Hazel-grouse, hunting of the, 142.

Heat in the desert, 170, 574.

Hippopotamus, the, 225, 230.

Hochtiere, an order including man and the monkey, 317.

Hornbill, the, 219, 576.

Horse, among the Kirghiz, 458, 484; horse-racing, 485.

Hulman and Bunder, monkeys worshipped, 238.

Humboldt, Alexander von, xx.

Hungary, bird-fauna of, 540.

Hyæna-dog of African steppes, 195.

Instinct versus Love, 259.

Isegrim, name for the wolf, 152, 154, 564.

Jerboa of the Asiatic steppes, 108, 570.

Journey, in the Desert, 318; in Siberia, 390.

Kaisak, Kasak, or Cossack. See Kirghiz.

Kalüm, price of a Kirghiz bride, 499.

Kazan, town of, 393.

Kirghiz, the, 397; a sample of their poetry, 398. See Nomad Herdsmen, and Family and Social Life.

Kittiwake, brooding-places of the, 60.

Korti, the Nubians defeated at, 370.

Koumiss, 469, 498.

Kulan, ancestor of the domestic horse, 115, 404, 571; migrations of the, 245.

Lark of the Asiatic steppes, 105, 115.

Lemming of the tundra, 74; migrations of, 254, 568, 580.

Lizards in Africa, 185.

Locusts, 230.

Lofodens and their bird-life, 48.

Love and Courtship among Birds, 259; intelligence and emotional life in animals, 260; all birds seek to pair, 261; various methods of bird-wooing, 262; their songs are love-songs, 263; their love-flights, 265; love-dances, 266; coyness of the female birds, 271, 581; combats among the rival males, 272; devotion of birds to their chosen mates, 275; occasional unfaithfulness, 277; polygamous birds, 279, 581; bird widows and widowers, 280, 581.