ILLUSTRATIONS. 



No. Page 



1. Head of the Bank-swallow (Specimen) - - 18 



2. The Stormy Peterel (Altered from Wilson's American 



Ornithology} 22 



3. Nests of the 'Cliff-swallow (Bonaparte's Continuation of 



Wilson's American Ornithology) - - - - 38 



4. Window-swallow and Nest (Specimen) - - - 41 



5. The Flamingo (Wilson's Am. Ornith.) .. - - 44 



6. Head and Bill of the Toucan ( WiUoughby't Ornith.) 46 



7. Nest of the Bulfinch (Specimen) 64 



8. The Mockiag-hird (Wilson's Am. Ornith.) ... 65 



9. Nests of the Pensile Grosbeak ( Wood's Zoography) - 68 



10. Nest of the Baya (Forbes's Oriental Memoirs) - 



11. Nests of the Sociable Grosbeak (Wood's Zoography) - 1 



12. Baltimore Oriole and Nest (Audubon) .... 



13. Nest of the Tchitrec (Vaillanfs Oiseaux d'Afrique) 



14. Nest of the Tailor-bird (Pennant's Indian Zoology) - 82 



15. Nest of the Pine-pine (Vaillant's Oiseaux d'Afrique) - 87 



16. Nest of the Humming-bird ( Wilson's Am. Ornith.) - 89 



17. Nest of the Capocier ( Vaillant's Oiseaux d'Afrique) - 94 



18. Esculant Swallow and Nest (Latham's Gen. Hist, of 



Birds) 101 



19. Night Heron - - 114 



20. Turkey Buzzard and Black Vulture - - - -119 



21. The Crane - 125 



22. King of the Vultures 127 



23. Condor attacking a Puma 130 



24. The Jack Snipe 132 



25. The White-headed Eagle and Fish-hawk - - - 141 



26. Transverse Section and Elevation of an Egyptian Egg- 



oven 152 



27. Transverse Section and Perspective Elevation of an 



Egyptian Egg-oven ib. 



28. Improved Artificial Mother 159 



29. The Wood-thrush 194 



30. The Polyglot Chat 202 



31. The Carrier Pigeon - - - - - - -228 



32. Ostrich carrying a Negro - - - - - - 261 



33. Himantopus Melanopterus (the Stilt) and Duck - - 2G5 



34. The Jacana walking on the floating Leaves of the Water 



Lily 267 



35. Swimming-bladders of the Dace and Conger Eel . 269 



