



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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1. Figure of a Bird, showing its Technical 



Divisions 3 



2. Figure of Wing, showing the Origins of 



the Quill- Feathers 5 



3. Acuminated Wing.— Swallow 6 



4. Falcated Wing of Humming-Bird 6 



5. Emarginated Wings 7 



6. Tail-Feathers 8 



7. Foot of Eagle 13 



8. T\\<t'Ls.Tnmftx Ge.yex(Gypaktos barbaius).. 14 



9. 'X\\itQox\Acx{SarcorampIius Gry pints) ... 16 



10. The Arabian Vulture (Vitltur tiionachus) 19 



11. The Angola Vulture {Gypohierax Ango- 



leiisis) 21 



12. The Brazilian Kite {Polyborus Brazilien- 



sis) 24 



13. The Common Buzzard (Bitieo vulgaris)... 26 



14. The Golden Eagle {Aquila ckrysaeios) ... 27 



15. Eagle's Nest 29 



16. The Sea-'Eagle (l/aiiaeius aibiciiia) 31 



17. The Os:prey (Pntuiion) 33 



18. The Peregnne Fa.\con(Falca peregriitus) 34 



19. The Common Kite (Milvus regalis) 37 



20. The Sparrow-Hawk (^t«/i^<?r «/i«i) 39 



21. The W.eTL-\iz.xx\e\ {Circus cynneiis) 41 



22. The Canada Owl (Suriiia Ulula) 44 



23. The Eagle-Owl {Bubo maxiiuus) 45 



24. The Brown Owl {Syrniut/i Aluco) 48 



25. The Barn Owl {iitrix Jla7n>iiea) 49 



26. The OA-E'irA {Sieatorms Cartpensts) 52 



27. The 'i:i\gh\.-]3.{ {Caprtmuigus Europccus).. 54 



28. Chuck Will's Widow 56 



29. Go\i A' •: VoAsLger (Podager Gouldii) 57 



30. The Sv,\h {Cypselits apus) 60 



31. The ?iv/3.\\o\/ {Hiruncio ritstica) 6? 



32. TheUoo'poe {(J p7<pa epops) 66 



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33. The Twelve-threaded Epimachus {Epi- 



inachus albiis) 67 



34. The Sun-Bird 69 



35. The Red-breasted Soui-mangi {Cinnyris 



Seiiegaleiisis) 71 



36. The Black and Blue Guit-guit {Ccereba 



cyanea) 73 



37. The Long-tailed Humming-Bird (T'ror/^/- 



lus longicaiida) 75 



38. Nest of Humming-Bird 76 



39. Vxe\.xevL%h'ti.erxn\\.{Phaetornis Pretrei)... 79 



40. The Eagle Humming-Bird {Etitoxeres 



aqiiila) 80 



41. The Racket-tailed Humming-Bird (il/^/Zi- 



siiga iiiirabilis) 82 



42. The Sanguineous Honey-Creeper {Myzo- 



vti'la citerinesinia) 85 



43. The Plain Tropidorhynchus(7"ro/j'rf(77-/jj'«- 



chus inornaiiis) 87 



44. The White-throated Feeder {MelHlirep- 



ius gitlaris) 88 



45. The Black-tailed Enicornis {Enicornis 



vielantira) 90 



46. The Chilian Synallaxis {Synallaxis rti/i- 



capilla) 92 



47 The Striped-headed Tree-Creeper {Den- 



drocotnptes linea iocepha lus) 94 



48. The Common Creeper(C^>-M/rty^;«/V/<z^zi) 95 

 40 The European Nuthatch (Sitta Europxa) 97 



50. The Yellow-headed Orthonyx (Orthonyx 



ochtocephalus) 98 



51. The Tyxe-Ptvrd, {Menura superba) 100 



52 The Yellow '^legsS.MXWi.'^Megalttrtts citri- 



nus) 102 



53 The Nightingale (/'Aj7w»/a //««■««■«)... 104 

 54. Nightingale's Nest io3 



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