CONTENTS. 



Genus I. Columba. Dove, - - - 255 



1 . Columba Palumbus. The Ringed Dove, or Cushat, 259 



2. Columba Livia. The White-backed, or Rock Dove, 268 



3. Columba (Enas. The Blue-backed Dove, - 287 



4. Columba Turtur. The Turtle Dove, - 291 



PRACTICAL ORNITHOLOGY. SECOND LESSON, - 295 



Winter excursion during a snow-storm from Edinburgh to Peebles. 



Birds observed in the Valley of Eddlestone. 



Bat-hunting in Nidpath Castle. 



The VaUey of the Tweed. 



Birds found around Edinburgh in winter. 



Snow-storm in the Outer Hebrides viewed from the summit of Clisheim. 



Birds found there in winter. 



ORDER III. DEGLUBITORES. HUSKERS. OR 

 CONIROSTRAL BIRDS. 



Characters of the Deglubitores, - ^ 311 



FAMILY I. PASSERINiE. SPARROWS, FINCHES, &c. - 319 



Synopsis of the British Genera and Species of Passerinae, 323 



Genus I. Fringilla. Finch, - - 327 



1. Fringilla Coelebs. The Chaffinch, - 329 



2. Fringilla. Montifringilla. The Mountain Finch, 



or Brambling, - _ _ 335 



Genus II. Passer. Sparrow, - - 338 



1. Passer domesticus. The House Sparrow, - 340 



2. Passer montanus. The Tree Sparrow, - 351 



Genus III. Coccothraustes. Grosbeak, - 353 



1. Coccothraustes atrogularis. The Black- throated 



Grosbeak, or Hawfinch, - - 356 



