CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER VII. 



INSESSORES: STNDACTTLI AND ZYGODACTYLI. 



Belted Kingfisher California and Red-headed Wood- 

 peckers A. Narrative of the California Woodpecker, 

 by "Kelley" Ivory-billed, Golden-wing, Yellow- 

 bellied, and Downy Woodpeckers Cuckoo Parrots 

 Anecdote of a Parrot, from Gosse's "Natural His- 

 tory of Birds" 12' 



CHAPTER VIII. 



INSESSORES: SYNDACTYLI. 



Humming Birds 152 



CHAPTER IX. 



INSESSORES: ACCIP1TRES. 



Walk to the Fields Habits of Different Birds Tur- 

 key Buzzard Vulture Condor Eagle Hawk 

 Falcon Kite Hawk Owl and the Owl 168 



CHAPTER X. 

 INSESSORES: PULL ASTROS. CUKSORfiS: GALLING. 



Pigeons Great Flight, of Pigeons, by "Audubon" 

 Turtle Dove Wild Turkey American and Gamble's 

 Partridge Canada, Ruffled, and Pinnated Grouse 

 Ptarmigan 189 



