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ZYGODACTYLI, OR SCANSOllKS.— Ordkk III.— Tiir. Climhing Bikds. 



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The Jacamavs — Tlio Cuckoos — Tlic Gilded Cuckoo — Tlie Yellow-Billed Cuckoo — Tlio 

 Honey-Guide —The Egyptian Coucal — The Trogons — The Golden Trogon — Tlie 

 Mexican Trogon — The African Trogon-^The Asiatic Trogon — The Malcohas — The 

 Red-Headed Malcoha — The Parti-coloured Rarhet-'rhe Spotted-l)ellied Tamatia— 

 The ^^'oodpeckcrs — The Circen A\'()udpickcr— T'he Goldeu-^^'ing•ed ^Voodpecker — 

 The Ivory-Billed "Woodpecker — The Cireatcr Spotted Wood])ccker — The Lesser 

 Spotted XVoodpeckcr— The Larger Red-Crested A\'oodpcokcr — The A^'ryneck — The 

 Pan-ot — The Ash-Colourcd or Graj' Parrot — The Blue Mountain Parrot — The Blue- 

 Bellied Parrakect — The Carolina Parrakeet— The Crimson-Fronted Parrakeet — The 

 Small Parrakeet— The Papuan Lory -The Purple-Capped Lory— The Australian 

 Lory — Swainson's Lorikeet — The Urangc-'Wingcd Lorikeet —T'he Great Scarlet 

 Maceaw — The Blue and Y'ellow Miiccaw— The Brazilian Grien ^laccaw^ — The Philip 

 Island Parrot— The Indian Parrot — Swindern's Parrot— The Rose-Crested Cockatoo — 

 The Greater Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo- Tiic Lesser Sulphur-C!rcstcd Cockatoo — I'he 

 Scythrops — The Toucans — T'he Double-Collared Ara^ari — The Saffron-Coloured Hill 

 Toucan — The Plantain-Eaters — The Colics .. .. .. .. .. .^O.T- oOT 



GALLING.— Order IV.— The Gallinaceous Birds. 



The Crowned Cioura Pigeon — The Carrier I'igcon — The Carunculated Ground Pigeon — 

 The Aromatic Vinago — The Magnificent Pigeon — The Passenger Pigeon — The jS'icobar 

 Pigeon — The Hackled Pigeon — T'he Parabolic Pigeon — The Ring-Dove or Cushat — 

 The Cape Turtle— The Collared Turtle — 'Die Turtle-Dove— The Stock-Do^■e— The 

 Rock-Dove — The Dove-Cote Pigeon — The Guan — The Galcatcd Pauxi — The Crested 

 Curassow- — 'The Red Curassow — The WM 'Turkey --'The Domestic 'Turkey — The 

 Honduras Turkey — The Brush Turkey — 'The Pintado — The Peacock— The "Wliite 

 Peacock — The Chinese Peacock — The Pheasants — 'The Common Pheasant — The Silver 

 Pheasant — The Golden Pheasant — Reeves's Pheasant -The Impeyau Pheasant — Tlu> 

 Horned Plieasants — 'I'ragopan Hastingsii — Tragopan Satyrus — Tvagopan Tcmminekii 

 — The Argus Pheasant — The Ring-Necked Pheasant — The Variegated Pheasant — The 

 White Pheasant — 'The Jungle Fowl — The [Malay Gigantic F^owl — The Javanese 

 Jungle Fowl — -The Domestic Fowls — Cochiii China Fowls — The Capercaillie— 'I'he 

 Black Grouse -The Red Cirouse — The Ptarmigan — The Pinnated Ciroust — The 

 Partridges —The Red-Legged Partridge — The Quail — The CaUfornian Quail — The 

 Virginian Colin — Tlie Ostrich — The Nandu — The Patagonian Rhea — The Emeu — 'The 

 Cassowary — The .\ptcrix — The Dodo . . . . . . . . . liOS — Hi.'j 



GRALL.\TORES.— Order V.— The M'adi.ng Birds. 



Tlie Agami— The Common Crane — The Demoiselle or Nuraidlau Crane — The Crowned 

 Crane — The Great Bustard — The Asiatic Bustard — African Bustards — The Stone 

 Curlew— The AVhitc Stork — The Marabou Stoi-k — The Cariama — The Sjioonhills — 

 African 'Water-Fowl — Tlie Red Flamingo — Tlie Jabiru-~Aincrican Species of Flamingo 

 — The Sacred Ibis — The Scarlet Ibis — The Glossy Ibis — The Boat-Bill — Tl.e Scopo- 

 laceous Heron — The Great AVhite Heron — The Bittern — The Crested Lapwing — The 

 Gray Lapwing — The Golden Plover — The Stilt Plover — The Common Sandpiper — The 

 Spoiled Sandpiper -The Pied Oyster-Catcher — The Avocet — The Woodcock — The 

 fjrcat Snipe — Jack Snipe — The Common Snipe — The Ruff — The Common Gallinule— 

 'The Sjiottcd Gallinule — The Common Coot — The Chinese Jacana — The Corn Crake — 

 The Horned Screamer — The Dotterell — The Notornis — The Dunlin— The Curlew — 

 The Sanderling 101-5.31 



NATATORES.— Order VI. -'The Swimming Birds. 



The Shcerwater — The Common Gull— The Skua— The Black-Headed Gull— The Greater 

 Black-Backed (iull— The Kittiwake— The Albatross— The Black Albatross— The 

 Fulmar Petrel- The Stormy Pctwl-'flie Mute Swan The Black-Necked Swan — The 

 Hooper — Bewick's Swan --'I'he Summer Duck — The Fader Duck — The Surf Scottr — 

 The ('liinese Teal — 'I'he Buflcl-I leaded Duck — The Scaup Duck — 'I'he IIaile(iuin 

 Duck — -The American M'igi'on — The Common Shelldrake — The "\\'ild Duck — The 

 Domestic Duck — ^l"he Musk Duck — The 'feal--Thc Canada Goosi — The "Wild Goose — 

 The Domestic Goose — The Snow Goose— The AVhitc-F'ronted Goose — The liean (ioose 

 — The lierniele Goose — The Brent (ioose— The Cereopsis — The Egjptian (ioose — The 

 Spur-Wingcd (ioose — The (ioosander — 'I'he Red-Brcnsted Merganser — The Hooded 

 Merganser — The Common Tern -The N(jddy Tern — The Arctic Tern— The Crested 

 Grebe— The Horned (iicbe -The I'.ared Grei)e- -'I'he Red-\eckcd (irebe— The Little 

 Grebe — The (ireat Xcnthern Diver — The Red-Throated Diver— The Common or 

 Foolish (iuillcmot — The Black (iuilleniot — The Great ,\uk — The Razor Bill 'I'hc 

 Little Auk — 'I'he I'nttin — The Ciannet- -'I'he Penguins— The Cri'stcd J'enguin — The 

 "White Pelican — The Common Cormoiant — The (iregn Cormorant — The Chinese 

 Cormorant— The Darter — 'The Black-liellied Darter — The 'I'mpic Bird — The Frigate- 

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