CONTENTS. Vll 



Page 

 Analogy from Insects and Quadrupeds .... 134 



The Magpie 135 



Birds Solitary and Gregarious at different Seasons . . ib. 

 The Lark 136 



CHAPTER XII. PAIRING OF BIRDS. 



Extraordinary Proportion of the Sexes . . . .137 

 Difference in the male Parents of Quadrupeds and Birds . ib. 



Instance in Kooks 138 



The Capocier of Africa 139 



White-headed Eagle and Fish-hawk 141 



Magpie and Black-cap ....... ib. 



The Goldfinch, Aberdevine, and Canary .... 144 



The alleged Chastity of the Turtle-dove . . . .147 



Anecdote of a Guinea Parrot 150 



CHAPTER XIII. HATCHING AND SHELTERING OK 

 THE YOUNG. 



Facts observed in Hatching ...... 150 



Artificial Hatching in Egypt ib. 



Egyptian Egg-oven or Marnal ib. 



Sheltering of the Young 154 



Difference of small Birds from Poultry . . . . ib. 



Training of Capons as Nurses 155 



Artificial Mothers 157 



CHAPTER XIV. FEEDING AND TRAINING OF THE 

 YOUNG. 



Difference between Quadrupeds and Birds in providing Food 



for their Young . 160 



Anxiety and Care of Birds for their Young . . . . ib. 

 Account of the Rearing of a Brood of Tomtits . . .161 



Calculations of Mr. Bradley 162 



Remarks of Mr. Knapp ib. 



Immense numbers of Insects required during the Breeding 

 Season . . .163 



Instance in the American Wren 



Rooks 



Swallows .... 

 Affection of Parent Birds . 

 The Gold-crested Wren 



ib. 

 164 

 165 

 166 



ib. 

 168 



Humming-bird 



Training of Young Birds by their Parents . . . 169 

 Instinct .......... ib. 



Training of young Eagles 170 



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