ILLUSTRATIONS 



['AGE 



(i) A Domestic Fowl Half Skeletonised; (2) Skeleton of an 



Abnormal Domestic Duck - -129 



Nesting Boxes from Old Tins, etc. 133 



Various Types of Bird Nesting- Boxes 137 



Tree-Hole and Walden Boxes - 143 



Cat-Proof Fence and other Devices for Protecting Birds 148 



Various Devices for Protection from Climbing Cats, etc. 153 



Nesting Boxes in Position - 1 59 



The Black Crow, or South African Rook - 162 



(1) The Wattled Starling, or Little Locust Bird ; (2) The Black- 

 Vented Glossy Starling - - - 168 



(1) Burchell's Glossy Starling ; (2) Tied Starling - 173 



Glossy Starling - - 178 



(1) The Red-Wing Starling, Spreeuw, or Rooivlerk ; 



(2) Verreaux's Glossy Starling - - 182 



(1) Black-Headed Oriole ; (2) Golden Oriole - 187 



(1) Masked Weaver Bird ; (2) Black Widow Finch ; (3) Paradise 



Widow Bird ; (4) Pin-Tailed Widow Bird - 193 



The Gape of the Night Jar - - - 195 



(1) Common Waxbill, or Rooibeckie ; (2) South African Ruddy 

 Waxbill, or Robin ; (3) The Dainty Scaly-Feathered 

 Weaver - - - 198 



(1) Dufresne's Waxbill, or See-See; (2) Orange-Breasted 

 Waxbill, or Zebra Waxbill ; (3) Blue-Breasted Waxbill ; 

 (4) Grenadine, or Violet-Ear Waxbill - - - 204 



(1) Taha Bishop Bird ; (2) Black and Yellow Bishop Bird, 

 or Yellow Kafir Fink ; (3) Black and Yellow Bishop 

 Bird, Nuptial Plumage ; (4) Paradise Widow Bird 207 



(1) SundevalFs Seed-Eater; (2) Streaky-Headed Seed-Eater: 



(3) Seed-Eater; (4) Cape Canary - - 213 



(1) Capped Wheatear, or Schaap-Wachter ; (2) The Large 

 Yellow Seed-Eater ; (3) The Golden-Breasted Bunting, 

 or Streep- Kopje - - - - - - 216 



(1) The Cinnamon-Backed Pipit; (2) Orange-Throated Lark, 

 Longclaw, Cape Lark or Cut-Throat Lark ; (3) Red- 

 Capped Lark (Inkelde Leeuwerk) - - - 221 



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