LIST OF PLATES 



The Bittern at Home, a Lesson in Protective Coloration Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Powder-down Patches on the Breast of the Heron, Exposed by 



Pulling aside the Breast Feathers lo 



By permission of the Editor of British Birds. 



Wings of Euryl^mus (A) and Colius (B) Dissected to show 



Deltoideus Muscles ......... 26 



By permission of the Zoological Society. 



Blue-necked Cassowary and the Secretary Bird - - - - 49 



Map Showing Zoogeographical Areas, Illustrating the Distribu- 

 tion OF Birds ----------- 63 



By permission of Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. j 



Cape Penguins (Speniscus Demersus) ------- 117 



From a Photograph by A. R. Momber, Esq. 



Elephants and Egrets ---------- 124 



By permission of Messrs. Rowland Ward, Ltd. From Neumann's Elephant 

 Hunting in Equatorial Africa 



Bee-Eaters and Bustard 125 



By permission of Messrs. Rowland Ward, Ltd. From Neumann's Elephant 

 Hunting in Equatorial Africa. 



The Peacock in Display 145 



From a Photograph by Reid, Wishaw. 



A Stage in the Display of the Lesser Bird of Paradise - - 147 

 By permission of the Editors of the Ibis. 



The Nuptial Dance of the Prairie Hen 149 



By permission of the American Museum of Natural History. 



Black Cock on their Playing-ground 157 



From Game-Birds and Shooting Sketches. By permission of the Author. 



Nest of Remezia 184 



From a Specimen in the British Museum. 



Nests of the Edible Swift 186 



From Specimens in the British Museum. 



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