TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Essential Characters of the Orders, and Incidental Remarks on 

 Birds, - . - . - 1 



ORDER VI. REPTATORES. CREEPERS. 

 Characters of the Reptatores, _ _ - 9 



FAMILY I. CERTHIANiE. TREE-CREEPERS AND ALLIED SPE- 

 CIES, - - - - 12 



Genus I. Anorthura. "Wren, - - 13 



1. Anorthura Troglodytes. The European Wren, 15 



Genus II. Certhia. Tree-Creeper, - - ,S1 



1. Certhia familiaris. The Brown Tree-Creeper, 33 



Genus III. Upupa. Hoopoe, - - - 40 



1. Upupa Epops. The European Hoopoe, - 41 



FAMILY II. SITTING. NUTHATCHES AND ALLIED SPECIES, 45 



Genus I. Sitta. Nuthatch, - - - 46 



1. Sitta europaea. The European Nuthatch, - 48 



PRACTICAL ORNITHOLOGY. SEVENTH LESSON, . 56 



Remarks on Woodpeckers. Structure of the Tongue of Picus viridis, 

 and explanation of the manner in which it is extended and retracted. 

 Its Trachea and Digestive Organs. 



Description of part of the County of Leicester, including Charnwood 

 Forest. 



ORDER VII. SCANSORES. CLIMBERS. 

 Characters of the Scansorcs, - ^ . 65 



