Cheltenham Corporation, Ducks done away with by the, at Pittville, 65-7 Christianity, Mock trials as between, and paganism, by prejudiced Christian authors, 256 Collector, the, Does more harm than the sportsman, 144, 145 ---- Goal of the, extermination, 145 ---- The biggest-record Thug, 145 ---- His love of Nature, 145 Common Gull, is like common sense, 13 ---- Makes best resistance to arctic skua, 13, 14 ---- A young Christian nationality, 14 Common Seals, seen leaping out of the water, 57, 58 ---- Luminous appearance of, under water, 175, 204 ---- Manner of swimming under water of, 175 ---- A splendid sight of, 213 ---- As seen under different circumstances, 213, 214 ---- Unorthodox attitudes of, 214, 226, 227 ---- Odd actions of, 214, 215, 227 ---- Animals of a finely-touched spirit, 215 ---- Playing with a spar, 216 ---- Practical joking of, 217, 322 ---- A dormitory of, 225, 226 ---- Difference in size, etc., of, 229 ---- Sentinels not posted by, 229, 304, 305, 306 ---- Resemblance of, to a man, 230 ---- At the chosen rock, 231, 259 ---- Bed-times of, not governed by the tide, 234 ---- Perpendicular attitude of, in water, 257, 297, 298 ---- Length of submersions of, 257, 258 ---- Habit of opening mouth of, 258, 259 ---- Sleep floating in the sea, 259, 260; and under the water, 297, 298 ---- Makes the sea a rock, 260 ---- A great sleeper, 260, 298 ---- Sporting of, with seaweed, 321, 322 ---- Should be called _phoca Antiquarius_, 325 ---- Liking shown for special rocks by, 330-33, 345; or particular places upon them, 345, 346 ---- Use made of seaweed by, 332 ---- Activity of, in water, 335, 336; but surpassed by that of the _otariidæ_, 337-41; difficulty of understanding this and parallel cases, 336-41 ---- Sporting together of, in sea, 346, 347 ---- Eat fish in a playful manner, 347 ---- Author's observations on, collated with those of the late Dr. Edmondstone, 373-9 ---- Are governed by the law of practicability, 379 Crouching, Habit of, in birds may have preceded that of flying, 6, 7; or have been resorted to owing to weak flight, 7 ---- Habit of, in young skuas, terns, gulls, peewits, etc., 197; and in stone-curlew through life, as supposed, 6, 197 Cuckoo, Brilliancy of mouth-cavity in, 131, 132; suggested explanation of this through natural selection, 131, 132 ---- Actions of young in nest when disturbed, 132 Curlew, A complaining shadow, 1