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CONTENTS. 



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Crows — 



Eook 502 



Jackdaw 502 



Magpies 507 



Common 508 



Brazilian 509 



Chinese 509 



Jays -• 609 



Nut-cracker 510 



EoUers 511 



Starlings 512 



Common 513 



Sardinian 513 



Baltimore Oriole 61 i 



Beef-eater 514 



Crossbill 515 



Grosbeak 516 



BuUfincli 517 



Siskin 517 



House Sparrow 518 



Goldfinch 519 



Linnets 519 



Chaffinch 520 



Canary 521 



Widow Bird . . • 523 



Java Sparrow 523 



Weaver Birds 523 



Republican 524 



Buntings 624 



Keed 525 



Cirl 626 



Ortolan 626 



Snow 527 



Tits 527 



Great 528 



Long-tailed 528 



Larks 529 



Crested Lark 531 



Fissirostres : 



Swallow 531 



Salangane 537 



Goatsuckers 538 



Night-jar 540 



Guacharos 541 



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Dcntirostrcs : 



Manakins 542 



Cock of the Rock 542 



Warblers 542 



Nightingale 543 



Sedge Warbler 545 



Night Warbler 545 



La Fauvette Couturiere .... 546 



Garden 547 



Robin 547 



Wrens 547 



Golden-crested 548 



European 548 



Wood 548 



Stone Chat 549 



Wagtails 550 



Pied 551 



Quaketail 551 



Pipits 552 



Lj'retail 552 



Orioles 553 



Golden 553 



Mino 554 



Honey-sucker 555 



Ouzel, Rosc-coloui-ed 555 



Water 556 



Solitary Thrush 556 



Blackbird, Common 557 



Ringed 569 



Solitary 559 



Thrush, Polyglot 559 



Song 560 



Redwing 661 



Tanagers 561 



Drongos 562 



Cotingas 563 



Caterpillar-eater 563 



Chatterers 564 



Fly-catchers 565 



Tyrants 567 



Cephaloptorus ornatus 567 



Shrikes 568 



Vangas 571 



Cassicus . . - 571 



CHAPTER VIII. 



KAPTOllES, OH BIRDS OF PREY. 



Nocturnal : 



Homed Owls 576 



Great 576 



Virginian 579 



Short-eared 579 



Ketupu 681 



Scops 581 



Hornless Owls 583 



Sparrow 583 



Small Sparrow 584 



Hornless Owls — 



Pampas Sparrow 584 



Burrowing 585 



Tawny 585 



Barn 585 



Canada 588 



Hawk 589 



White 589 



Caparacoch 590 



Harfang 590 



