CONTENTS. 



I. 



~" PAGR 



IHK lilRDS OF ALGERIA ... ^ ^ ' .? "*- V^.r >2-— — I 



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II. 



RKPRESENTATIVE SPECIES ... ... ... 79 



III. 



REMARKS ON THE SONG AND NOTES OF BIRDS ... 94 



IV. 



THE CUCKOO AND HIS KINDRED ... ... ... II4 



V. 



THE BASS ROCK AND ITS BIRDS ... ... ... 13" 



VI. 



A VISIT TO ST. KILDA ... ... .. ... 15 1 



VII. 



THE artist's BIRDS ... ... ... ... 180 



VIII. 



IN DEVONSHIRE LANES ... ... -.. .. 211 



IX. 



SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE NESTING OF BIRDS ... 226 



