CONTENTS 



The Study of Sexual Selection 



The Courting of Birds 



Hybrid Birds 



Love among the Birds 



Some Indian Cuckoos 



The Toilet of Birds 



The Sense of Smell in Birds 



Mimicry in Birds 



The Goldfinch Abroad 



Birds in the Moult . 



The Raven of the Pampas 



Foreign Cage-Birds at Home 



Cock Robin's Counterfeits 



Birds that Talk and Mimic 



"Osprey" Farming 



Some London Birds . 



Some Exotic Owls 



A Calcutta Bird Colony . 



How Birds Fight 



An Honest Cuckoo . 



Feathered Stowaways 



Night-Jars at Home and Abroad 



Foreign Birds at Large in England 



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