List of Plates.



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LIST OF PLATES.



* The Asterisk denotes a Coloured Plate.


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New Flight Cages in the Bird House at the Zoological Gardens 23

Giant Bustards [Otis kori) .. .. .. .. .. 44


*Ross’s Touracou (Musophaga rossce) .. .. .. .. 53


Little Bustard (Otis tetrax) ..


Common Scoter (CEdemia nigra .. .. .. > 57


Australian Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius) .. '


Black-breasted Harrier Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) ., .. 69


A Bird Lover’s Garden .. .. .. .. .. 81


Rock Thrush (.Spring Plumage) .. .. .. .. 98


♦Common Crossbill {Loxia curvirostra) .. .. .. 109


The South African Ground Hornbill (Bucorax cafer) .. 121


Young Rheas five days old 1


> .. .. .. 127


Adult Rheas .. • • )


The Andean Goose {Bemicla melanoptera) .. .. .. 141


White-necked Crane (Grus leucauchen) .. .. .. 147


Wattled Crane {Grus carunculata) .. .. .. .. 150


Paradise Ducks (Tadorna variegata).. .. .. .. 157


The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconotd) .. .. .. 173


The White-crested Touraco (Turactis corythaix) )


..182


The Maroon Oriole (Oriolus ttailh).. .. J


The Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus ) .. .. .. 201


*The Cinnamon Teal (Querquedula cyanoptera) 225


Nest of the Oven Bird (Furnarius rufus) .. .. .. 237


Wild Swainson’s Lorikeets in North Queensland .. .. 253


*The Red-capped Parrokeet (Potphyrocephalus sputius) .. 2S5


Young Brazilian Cariama, four weeks old. Fig. 1, In the


nest. Figs. 2, 3, Just out of nest .. .. 302


Male Sprosser (Datilias philo/nela) and nest.. .. .. 317


The Great Bustard (Otis tarda) .. .. .. .. 337


♦Hybiid Bramblefinch and Chaffinch .. .. 349



