LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED IN COLORS. 



Lammergeyer 12 



Resplendent Trogon 128 



Titmice 224 



Dipper, Wagtails and Wrens 228 



Paradise Flycatchers 258 



Weaver Birds 332 



Group of Pinches '. 342 



Partridge 480 



Woodcock 576 



Mallard Duck... . 603 



FULL-PAGE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. 



First Lessons in Plight 6 



Golden Eagle 28 



Osprey 36 



Cinereous, White-Tailed, or Sea- 

 Eagle 40 



Kites 48 



Jerfalcon 56 



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Harriers 74 



Trinidad Goat-Sucker 92 



Group of Song- Warblers 202 



The Finishing Touch 206 



Redstarts 214 



Conjugal Tenderness 240 



Starlings and Magpie 302 



Birds of Paradise 310 



Early Breakfast 344 



Marauding Sparrows 346 



Group of Buntings 348 



Crossbills . 362 



Nestor-Parrots 402 



Woodpeckers 406 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



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Frontispiece 1 



Title-Page (Birds) 9 



VULTURES. 



Condor 13 



King Vulture 16 



Black Vulture 18 



Turkey Buzzard 20 



Common Arabian Vulture 21 



Group of True Vultures 22 



Pondichery Vulture 23 



Fulvous, or Griffin Vulture 24 



Egyptian Vulture 26 



EAGLES. 



Imperial Eagle 31 



Booted Eagle 32 



Martini Eagle 33 



Jean Le Blanc Eagle 31 



Crested, or Harpy Eagle 35 



Bald, or White-Headed Eagle 41 



FALCONS AND HAWKS. 



Red-Throated Falcon 44 



Brazilian Kite 45 



Buzzard 46 



Rough-Legged Falcon 47 



Honey-Buzzard 48 



Kites 49 



Arabian Kite 50 



Black-Winged Falcon 51 



Mississippi Kite, and Swallow-Tailed 



Falcon 53 



Peregrine Falcon 58 



Liinmrr 59 



Hobby 60 



Merlin 61 



Kestrel 62 



Red-Footed Falcon 63 



Bengal Falcon 64 



Goshawk 65 



Sparrow Hawk 67 



Chanting Falcon, and Serpent Falcon 71 



Secretary Bird 72 



VOL. II. ANIMATE CREATION. 



OWLS. 



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Hawk Owl 76 



Snowy Owl and Bearded Owl 77 



Coquimbo, or Burrowing Owl 78 



Little Owl 80 



Long-Eared Owl and Scops Eared 



Owl 81 



Great Owl 82 



Brown Owl 86 



Ural Owl 87 



Short-Eared Owl 89 



GOAT-SUCKERS. 



Tawny-Shouldered Podargus 94 



New Holland Goat-Sucker 95 



Great-Eared Goat-Sucker 96 



Great Ibigau 97 



European Goat-Sucker 98 



Lyre-Tailed Goat-Sucker 99 



Carolina Goat-Sucker 100 



Long-Winged Goat-Sucker 101 



Virginian Goat-Sucker 102 



SWALLOWS. 

 Klecho Swallow 106 



White-Bellied Swift and Swift 107 



Esculent Swallows 112 



Sand Martin and Purple Swallow. . . 117 



Swallow and House Martin 119 



ROLLERS. 



Oriental Roller 120 



Garrulous Roller 121 



TODIES. 



Green Tody 122 



Javan Tody 123 



MOTMOT, TROGON, AND BARBET. 



Brazilian Motmot 124 



Trogon 127 



Collared Barbet 130 



KINGFISHERS. 



Laughing Jackass 131 



Australian Kingfisher 133 



Kingfisher 136 



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JACAMAR, AND BEE-EATERS. 



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Green Jacamar , 138 



Nubian Bee-Eater 140 



Azure-Throated Bee-Eater 141 



NEOMORPHA, AND PLUME-BIRDS. 



Gould's Neomorpha 144 



Superb Plume Bird 145 



Twelve-Thread Epimachus 147 



HOOPOE, AND SUN-BIRDS. 

 Hoopo3 148 



Fiery-Tailed Sun-Bird 151 



Collared Sun-Bird 152 



C^EREBA, AND POE BIRD. 



Azure Csereba 156 



Poe Bird 159 



HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Sword-Bill Humming-Bird 166 



Fiery Topaz Humming-Bird 168 



White-Booted Racket-Tail 170 



Sickle-Bill Humming-Bird 175 



Tufted Coquette 177 



Sappho Comet 179 



Cayenne Fairy 182 



Sun-Gem 183 



Chimborazian Hill-Star 184 



CREEPERS, WRENS, WARBLERS, 

 REDBREAST, ETC. 



Oven-Bird 188 



Common Tree-Creeper 190 



Nuthatch 192 



Lyre-Bird 194 



Tailor-Bird 199 



Emeu Wren 200 



Golden Crested Wren and Fire- 

 Crested Wren 201 



Garden Whitethroat and Black-Cap 



Warbler 203 



Chiff-Chaff, or Lesser Pettichaps 204 



Nightingales 208 



Grasshopper Warblers 209 



Sedge Warbler 210 



