An Index to Birds in Shakespeare
(arranged by plays and poems)
The Tempest
RAVEN 1 2 324
CHANTICLEER 1 2 388
COCK 1 2 389
CHOUGH 2 1 261
DUCK 2 2 129
DUCK 2 2 130
DUCK 2 2 132p
GOOSE 2 2 132p
JAY'S 2 2 169
SCAMELS 2 2 172
PHOENIX'S 3 3 23
HARPY 3 3 83
PEACOCKS 4 1 74
DOVE-DRAWN 4 1 94
SPARROWS 4 1 100
BARNACLES 4 1 248
OWLS 5 1 90
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ROBIN 2 1 19p
REDBREAST 2 1 19p
COCK 2 1 25p
NIGHTINGALE 3 1 179
GEESE 4 4 32p
NIGHTINGALE'S 5 4 5
The Merry Wives of Windsor
COCK 1 1 303p
PIE 1 1 303p
ROOK 1 3 2p
RAVENS 1 3 33p
VULTURES 1 3 81
DOVE 1 3 93
TURTLES 2 1 78p
CUCKOO-BIRDS 2 1 121
ROOK 2 1 185p
ROOK 2 1 190p
ROOK 2 1 194p
EYAS-MUSKET 3 3 19p
TURTLES 3 3 37p
JAYS 3 3 37p
HAWK 3 3 215p
GEESE 3 4 40p
GEESE 5 1 25p
SWAN 5 5 6p
GOOSE 5 5 8p
Measure for Measure
LAPWING 1 4 32
FALCON 3 1 91
SPARROWS 3 2 169p
The Comedy of Errors
PHOENIX 1 2 75
PHOENIX 1 2 88
PHOENIX 2 2 11
CROW 3 1 80
CROW 3 1 81
CROW 3 1 83
LAPWING 4 2 27
PEACOCK 4 3 77
PARROT 4 4 40p
Much Ado About Nothing
CROW 1 1 121
PARROT-TEACHER 1 1 128p
PARTRIDGE 2 1 139p
HARPY 2 1 254p
NIGHT-RAVEN 2 3 82p
GULL 2 3 118p
DAW 2 3 246p
LAPWING 3 1 24
HAWK 3 4 50p
WOODCOCK 5 1 155p
Love's Labour's Lost
CORMORANT 1 1 4
GEESE 1 1 97
GOOSE 3 1 88
GOOSE 3 1 94
GOOSE 3 1 96p
GOOSE 3 1 98
GOOSE 3 1 99
GOOSE 3 1 101
GOOSE 3 1 106
GOOSE 3 1 119
OWL 4 1 140
GOOSE 4 3 72
WOODCOCKS 4 3 79
RAVEN 4 3 85
TURTLES 4 3 208
EAGLE-SIGHTED 4 3 222
EAGLE 4 3 330
PIGEON-EGG 5 1 67p
PIGEONS 5 2 315
OWL 5 2 879p
CUCKOO 5 2 879p
OWL 5 2 884p
CUCKOO 5 2 884p
CUCKOO 5 2 890
CUCKOO 5 2 892
CUCKOO 5 2 893
LARKS 5 2 896
TURTLES 5 2 897
ROOKS 5 2 897
DAWS 5 2 897
CUCKOO 5 2 899
CUCKOO 5 2 901
CUCKOO 5 2 902
OWL 5 2 909
OWL 5 2 918
A Midsummer Night's Dream
DOVES 1 1 171
LARK 1 1 184
NIGHTINGALE 1 2 78
DOVE 1 2 78p
CROWS 2 1 97
DOVE 2 1 232
GRIFFON 2 1 232
COCK 2 1 267
OWL 2 2 6
PHILOMEL 2 2 13
PHILOMEL 2 2 23
RAVEN 2 2 113
DOVE 2 2 113
OUSEL 3 1 120
THROSTLE 3 1 122
WREN 3 1 123
FINCH 3 1 125
SPARROW 3 1 125
LARK 3 1 125
CUCKOO 3 1 126
CUCKOO 3 1 131p
GEESE 3 2 20
CHOUGHS 3 2 21
CROW 3 2 142
LARK 4 1 93
DUCK 5 1 70
GOOSE 5 1 232p
GOOSE 5 1 234p
GOOSE 5 1 236p
DOVE 5 1 312
The Merchant of Venice
PARROTS 1 1 53
THROSTLE 1 2 57p
DOVES 2 2 128p
WRY-NECK'D 2 5 30
PIGEONS 2 6 5
MARTLET 2 9 28
SWAN-LIKE 3 2 44
PARROTS 3 5 42p
CROW 5 1 102
LARK 5 1 102
NIGHTINGALE 5 1 104
GOOSE 5 1 105
WREN 5 1 106
CUCKOO 5 1 112
As You Like It
PIGEONS 1 2 89p
SWANS 1 3 75
RAVENS 2 3 43
SPARROW 2 3 44
CHANTICLEER 2 7 30
COCK 2 7 91
GOOSE 2 7 86
FALCON 3 3 72p
PIGEONS 3 3 73p
GOOSE 3 4 40p
COCK-PIGEON 4 1 142p
PARROT 4 1 143p
PHOENIX 4 3 17
The Taming of the Shrew
NIGHTINGALES ind 2 37
HAWKS ind 2 44
LARK ind 2 45
WOODCOCK 1 2 159
NIGHTINGALE 2 1 171
BUZZARD 2 1 206
TURTLE 2 1 207
BUZZARD 2 1 207
TURTLE 2 1 208
BUZZARD 2 1 208
COCK 2 1 224
COCK 2 1 225
DOVE 2 1 286
DOVE 3 2 155
FALCON 4 1 177
KITES 4 1 182
COCK'S 4 1 106p
JAY 4 3 172
LARK 4 3 172
HAWK 5 2 71
All's Well That Ends Well
PHOENIX 1 1 164
CUCKOO 1 3 61
LARK 2 5 6p
BUNTING 2 5 7p
CHOUGH' 4 1 19p
WOODCOCK 4 1 90
CROW 4 3 277p
Twelfth Night
NIGHT-OWL 2 3 59p
TURKEYCOCK 2 5 30p
WOODCOCK 2 5 84
STANIEL 2 5 115p
GULL-CATCHER 2 5 187p
GOOSE-PEN 3 2 48
WREN 3 2 64p
GULL 3 2 66p
NIGHTINGALES 3 4 35p
DAWS 3 4 35p
WOODCOCK 4 2 60p
PHOENIX 5 1 59
RAVEN'S 5 1 129
DOVE 5 1 129
GULL 5 1 205p
GULL 5 1 342
The Winter's Tale
KITES 2 3 185
RAVENS 2 3 185
LARK 4 3 9
THRUSH 4 3 10
JAY 4 3 10
KITE 4 3 23p
COCK'S 4 3 35p
FALCON 4 4 15
SWALLOW 4 4 119
TURTLES 4 4 154
CROW 4 4 221
DUCK 4 4 318
DOVE'S 4 4 364
CHOUGHS 4 4 618p
PHEASANT 4 4 745p
TURTLE 5 3 132
King John
SPARROW 1 1 231
RAVEN 4 3 153
CROW 5 2 144
EAGLE 5 2 149
CYGNET 5 7 21
SWAN 5 7 21
King Richard II
FALCON'S 1 3 61
EAGLE-WINGED 1 3 129
CORMORANT 2 1 38
PELICAN 2 1 126
EAGLE'S 3 3 69
NIGHT-OWLS 3 3 183
LARKS 3 3 183
1 King Henry IV
POPINJAY 1 3 49
STARLING 1 3 221
COCK 2 1 18p
TURKEYS 2 1 25p
WILD-DUCK 2 2 96
PARAQUITO 2 3 86
PARROT 2 4 96p
GEESE 2 4 135p
EAGLE'S 2 4 330p
SPARROW 2 4 342p
SPARROW 2 4 344p
CUCKOO 2 4 349p
GRIFFIN 3 1 146
RAVEN 3 1 146
GOOSE 3 1 223
REDBREAST 3 1 253
CUCKOO 3 2 75
ESTRIDGES 4 1 98
EAGLES 4 1 99
DUCK 4 2 20
CHEWET 5 1 29
CUCKOO'S 5 1 60
SPARROW 5 1 61
2 King Henry IV
PARROT 2 4 257p
WOOSEL 3 2 7
DOVE 3 2 159p
DOVE 4 1 46
SWALLOW 4 3 32p
COCK 5 1 1
PIE 5 1 1
PIGEONS 5 1 14p
PIGEONS 5 1 24
GEESE 5 1 68p
VULTURES 5 3 135
King Henry V
KITE 1 1 76
EAGLE 1 2 169
COCK 2 1 52
CROW 2 1 87p
DUCK 2 3 53
GULL 3 6 67p
HAWK 3 7 15p
LARK 3 7 33p
COCKS 4 ch 15
PEACOCK'S 4 1 207p
CROWS 4 2 51
TURKEY 5 1 15p
TURKEY 5 1 17p
1 King Henry VI
HALCYON'S 1 2 131
DOVE 1 2 140
EAGLE 1 2 141
GOOSE 1 3 53
DOVES 1 5 23
TURTLE-DOVE 2 2 30
HAWKS 2 4 11
DAW 2 4 18
PEACOCK 3 3 6
OWL 4 2 15
VULTURE 4 3 47
PHOENIX 4 7 93
SWAN 5 3 56
CYGNETS 5 3 56
2 King Henry VI
SCREECH-OWL 1 4 18
FALCON 2 1 5
HAWKS 2 1 10
FALCON'S 2 1 12
DOVE 3 1 71
DOVE 3 1 75
RAVEN 3 1 76
EAGLE 3 1 248
KITE 3 1 249
RAVEN'S 3 2 39
WREN 3 2 41
PARTRIDGE 3 2 190
PUTTOCK'S 3 2 190
KITE 3 2 192
KITE 3 2 195
SCREECH-OWL 3 2 326
EAGLES' 4 1 108
OSTRICH 4 10 28p
CROW 4 10 83
KITES 5 2 11
CROWS 5 2 11
3 King Henry VI
EAGLE 1 1 275
SWAN 1 4 19
PHOENIX 1 4 35
DOVES 1 4 41
FALCON'S 1 4 41
WOODCOCK 1 4 61
EAGLES'S 2 1 91
NIGHT-OWL'S 2 1 130
DOVES 2 2 18
SCREETCH OWL 2 6 56
EAGLE 5 2 12
OWL 5 4 56
OWL 5 6 44
NIGHT-CROW 5 6 45
RAVEN 5 6 47
PIES 5 6 48
King Richard III
EAGLES 1 1 132
KITES 1 1 133
BUZZARD 1 1 133
WRENS 1 3 71
EAGLES 1 3 71
GULLS 1 3 328
OWLS 4 4 507
SWALLOW'S 5 2 23
LARK 5 3 57
COCK 5 3 210
King Henry VIII
LARK 2 3 94
LARKS 3 2 282
PHOENIX 5 4 40
Troilus and Cressida
CYGNET'S 1 1 58
EAGLES 1 2 248p
CROWS 1 2 248p
DAWS 1 2 248p
SPARROWS 2 1 73p
SPARROW 2 1 74p
OWL 2 1 92p
CORMORANT 2 2 6
RAVEN 2 3 212p
DOVES 3 1 123
SPARROW 3 2 33p
FALCON 3 2 52p
TERCEL 3 2 52p
DUCKS 3 2 52p
TURTLE 3 2 176
PEACOCK 3 3 250p
LARK 4 2 9
CROWS 4 2 9
DUCKS 4 4 12
FINCH-EGG 5 1 35p
QUAILS 5 1 51p
OWL 5 1 61p
PUTTOCK 5 1 61p
RAVEN 5 2 189p
PARROT 5 2 191p
SCREECH-OWL 5 10 16
GOOSE 5 10 55
Coriolanus
CORMORANT 1 1 120
GEESE 1 1 171
GEESE 1 4 34
CROWS 3 1 138
EAGLES 3 1 138
KITES 4 5 43p
CROWS 4 5 43p
KITES 4 5 44p
CROWS 4 5 44p
DAWS 4 5 45p
OSPREY 4 7 34
DOVE'S 5 3 27
EAGLE 5 6 114
DOVE-COTE 5 6 114
Titus Andronicus
SWALLOWS 2 2 24
RAVEN-COLOURED 2 3 83
OWL 2 3 97
RAVEN 2 3 97
RAVEN 2 3 149
LARK 2 3 149
RAVENS 2 3 153
RAVEN 3 1 158
LARK 3 1 158
SWAN'S 4 2 102
SWALLOW 4 2 173
PIGEONS 4 3 86
PIGEONS 4 3 90p
PIGEONS 4 3 94p
PIGEONS 4 3 101p
PIGEONS 4 3 109p
PIGEONS 4 4 43p
EAGLE 4 4 83
VULTURE 5 2 31
Romeo and Juliet
SWAN 1 2 89
CROW 1 2 89
DOVEHOUSE 1 3 27
DOVEHOUSE 1 3 33
DOVE 1 5 47
CROWS 1 5 47
COCK-A-HOOP 1 5 80
DOVE 2 1 47
TASSEL-GENTLE 2 2 159
WILD-GOOSE 2 4 72p
GOOSE 2 4 73p
GOOSE 2 4 75p
GOOSE 2 4 77p
GOOSE 2 4 79p
GOOSE 2 4 82p
GOOSE 2 4 86p
GOOSE 2 4 87p
DOVES 2 5 7
RAVEN'S 3 2 19
DOVE-FEATHER'D 3 2 76
RAVEN 3 2 76
NIGHTINGALE 3 5 2
LARK 3 5 2
NIGHTINGALE 3 5 5
LARK 3 5 6
NIGHTINGALE 3 5 7
LARK 3 5 21
LARK 3 5 27
LARK 3 5 29
LARK 3 5 31
EAGLE 3 5 219
COCK 4 4 3
Timon of Athens
EAGLE 1 1 49
GULL 2 1 31
PHOENIX 2 1 32
COCK 2 2 166
SWALLOW 3 6 28p
EAGLE 4 3 226
Julius Caesar
EAGLES 5 1 81
RAVENS 5 1 85
CROWS 5 1 85
KITES 5 1 85
Macbeth
SPARROWS 1 2 35
EAGLES 1 2 35
RAVEN 1 5 38
MARTLET 1 6 4
OWL 2 2 3
OWL 2 2 15
GOOSE 2 3 15p
COCK 2 3 24p
FALCON 2 4 12
OWL 2 4 13
CROW 3 2 50
ROOKY 3 2 51
KITES 3 4 72
MAGGOT-PIES 3 4 124
CHOUGHS 3 4 124
ROOKS 3 4 124
HOWLET'S 4 1 17
WREN 4 2 9
OWL 4 2 11
VULTURE 4 3 74
HELL-KITE 4 3 217
LOON 5 3 11
GOOSE 5 3 12
GEESE 5 3 13
Hamlet
COCK 1 1 152
COCK 1 1 155
COCK 1 1 162
COCK 1 2 218
WOODCOCKS 1 3 115
GOOSE-QUILS 2 2 341p
HAWK 2 2 375p
PIGEON-LIVER'D 2 2 573
KITES 2 2 575
RAVEN 3 2 248p
VERY-PAJOCK 3 2 278
OWL 4 5 42p
COCK 4 5 61
PELICAN 4 5 146
DOVE 4 5 166p
DOVE 5 1 281
CHOUGH 5 2 88p
LAPWING 5 2 183p
SPARROW 5 2 216p
WOODCOCK 5 2 312
King Lear
HEDGE-SPARROW 1 4 213
CUCKOO 1 4 213
KITE 1 4 260
WAGTAIL 2 2 64p
HALCYON 2 2 75
GOOSE 2 2 80
WILD-GEESE 2 4 45
VULTURE 2 4 132
OWL 2 4 208
COCKS 3 2 3
PELICAN 3 4 74
COCK 3 4 112p
NIGHTINGALE 3 6 30p
CROWS 4 6 13
CHOUGHS 4 6 13
LARK 4 6 58
WREN 4 6 112
Othello
DOVES 1 1 65
GUINEA-HEN 1 3 315
SNIPE 1 3 383
PARROT 2 3 271p
RAVEN 4 1 21
GULL 5 2 164
SWAN 5 2 248
Antony and Cleopatra
EAGLE 2 2 181
COCK 2 3 35
QUAILS 2 3 36
CUCKOO 2 6 28
SWAN'S-DOWN 3 2 48
KITE 3 13 89
DOVE 3 13 197p
ESTRIDGE 3 13 197p
NIGHTINGALE 4 8 18
SWALLOWS 4 12 3
Cymbeline
EAGLE 1 2 70
PUTTOCK 1 2 72
CROW 1 4 15
COCK 2 1 21p
COCK 2 1 23p
COCK 2 1 24p
RAVEN 2 2 49
LARK 2 3 19
CROWS 3 1 82
CROWS 3 3 12
EAGLE 3 3 21
JAY 3 4 50
SWAN'S 3 4 139
LARK 3 7 610
OWL 3 7 610
RUDDOCK 4 2 224
WREN'S 4 2 305
EAGLE 4 2 348
EAGLE'S 5 3 42
CROWS 5 3 93
EAGLE 5 4 113
EAGLE 5 4 115
EAGLE 5 5 428
EAGLE 5 5 470
EAGLE 5 5 474
Pericles
DUCK 3 ch 49
DOVE 4 ch 32
CROW 4 ch 32
WRENS 4 3 22
HARPY 4 3 46
EAGLE'S 4 3 48
The Two Noble Kinsmen
CROW 1 1 19
CUCKOO 1 1 19
RAVEN 1 1 20
CHOUGH 1 1 20
PIE 1 1 21
RAVENS 1 1 41
KITES 1 1 41
CROWS 1 1 42
DOVE'S 1 1 98
OSPREYS 1 1 138
PHOENIX-LIKE 1 3 70
EAGLES 2 2 34
TURKEY 2 3 30
HAWK 2 5 11
SCREECH-OWL 3 2 35
NIGHTINGALE 3 4 25
OWL 3 5 68
OWLET 3 5 69
HAWK 3 5 70
RAVEN'S 4 2 84
DOVE-LIKE 5 1 41
WREN 5 3 2
PHILOMELS 5 5 24
Sir Thomas More
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Venus and Adonis
DOVES 10
EAGLE 55
DIVE-DAPPER 86
DOVES 153
CROWS 324
DOVES 366
OWL 531
VULTURE 551
LARK 853
FALCONS 1027
DOVES 1190
The Rape of Lucrece
DOVES 58
OWL'S 165
DOVE 360
NIGHT-OWL 360
FALCON 506
FALCON'S 511
GRIPE'S 543
VULTURE 556
HAWK 694
CUCKOOS 849
SPARROWS' 849
RAVENS' 949
CROW 1009
SWAN 1011
EAGLES 1015
PHILOMEL 1079
PHILOMEL 1128
SWAN 1611
The Passionate Pilgrim
DOVE 7 2
DOVE 9 3
PHILOMELA 14 17
LARK 14 18
NIGHTINGALE 20 8
The Phoenix and Turtle
EAGLE 11
SWAN 15
CROW 17
PHOENIX 23
TURTLE 31
TURTLE 34
PHOENIX 35
PHOENIX 50
DOVE 50
PHOENIX 56
The Sonnets
PHOENIX 19 4
LARK 29 11
CROW 70 4
HAWKS 91 4
HAWKS 91 4
PHILOMEL 102 7
CROW 113 12
DOVE 113 12
RAVEN-BLACK 127 9
A Lover's Complaint
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(with cross-references)
The letter "p" after a reference indicates a prose context (the simple reference, a verse context).
The standard abbreviations of Shakespeare's works, in the customary Folio order of citation, have been adopted:
TMP The Tempest
TGV The Two Gentlemen of Verona
WIV The Merry Wives of Windsor
MM Measure for Measure
ERR The Comedy of Errors
ADO Much Ado About Nothing
LLL Love's Labour's Lost
MND A Midsummer Night's Dream
MV The Merchant of Venice
AYL As You Like It
SHR The Taming of The Shrew
AWW All's Well That Ends Well
TN Twelfth Night
WT The Winter's Tale
JN King John
R2 Richard II
1H4 I Henry IV
2H4 II Henry IV
H5 Henry V
1H6 I Henry VI
2H6 II Henry VI
3H6 III Henry VI
R3 Richard III
H8 Henry VIII
TRO Troilus and Cressida
COR Coriolanus
TIT Titus Andronicus
ROM Romeo and Juliet
TIM Timon of Athens
JC Julius Caesar
MAC Macbeth
HAM Hamlet
LR King Lear
OTH Othello
ANT Antony and Cleopatra
CYM Cymbeline
PER Pericles
TNK The Two Noble Kinsmen
STM Sir Thomas More
VEN Venus and Adonis
LUC The Rape of Lucrece
PP The Passionate Pilgrim
PHT The Phoenix and Turtle
SON The Sonnets
LC A Lover's Complaint