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CONTENTS. 
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PASSERINES. 
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Syndactyles ; g . 456 | Conirostr2s ; : 
J enuirostres : : : . 462 | Fissirostres : 
Dentirostres . : ; : » Stg 
CHAPTER VIII. 
RAPTORES, OR 
Nocturnal Birds of Prey . - 545 
Horned Owls. : é “iGa7 
llornless Owls . : : Jie 
BIRDS OF PREY. 
Diurnal Birds of iss: 
Falconide . 
Sea Eagles 
Vult ures e ° . ° . . ° 597 
FULL-PAGE. 2 ILLUSTRATIONS: 
HAWKING IN THE MIDDLE AGES (Frontispicce). 
PLATE 
I. SNAKE CHARMERS . 
II. CHASED BY AN ALLIGATOR 
III. CAPTURING TURTLES : : 3 
IV. GATHERING EGGS IN THE FAROE ionauie 
V. FLIGHT OF WILD DucKsS A ‘ : : 
VI. SHOOTING OVER Decoy DUCKS ; , 
VII. DucK-SHOOTING FROM A Liu? a ‘ F : 
VIII. DUEL BETWEEN RUFFS 
IX. RUFFS IN THEIR NUPTIAL pa ania 
X. Woopcock SHOOTING 
XI. THE OSTRICH . ; ; 
XII. THE EMU, OR AUSTRALIAN CMsowany 
XIII. QUAILS AND YOUNG ; 5 2 
XIV. QUAIL SHOOTING . 
XV. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING . 
XVI. COMMON PARTRIDGE AND YOUNG . a 
XVII. RED-LEGGED PA®TRIIIGE SHOOTING : 
XVIII. PHEASANT SHOOTING ; ‘ f ° ; 
XIX. GOLDEN PHEASANTS P 
XX. ARGUS a : : ° . A ° 
XXII, CocHIN CHINA Fowls , Z ; : : ° 
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