xii ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING 

 PAGK 



The Motmot and his Tail 238 



Nestling Brood of Flycatchers 256 



Racing Ostriches in Harness 268 



Boys putting up Bird-Boxes 278 



Weathercock Bird-Feeding Station 288 



Toucans, Parrots, and Motmots in Mexico 296 



Giant Birds now Extinct 304 



Albatross Attacking a Drowning Sailor 312 



Young Hoactzins 322 



Use of Feathers by Indians 328 



Saved from the Women 334 



Flamingoes on their Nests 348 



