VI CONTENTS. 



Pago 



Edible Nests of the Salagane 98 



Account of these Nests by Bontius . ... ib. 



Accounts by Kircher, Du Halde, Kaempfer, and others 



Physiological Researches of Sir E. Home 



Opinions of Dr. Fleming and M. Lamouroux 



Commercial History of these Nests 



Manner of collecting them 



Their various Prices .... 



Quantities Exported 



ib. 

 100 



ib. 

 101 

 102 

 103 



ib. 



Conclusion 104 



DOMESTIC HABITS OF BIRDS. 



CHAPTER X. HABITS OF CLEANLINESS IN BIRDS. 



Small Animals the most Cleanly ... . 107 



Rump Gland according to Willoughby . .109 



Arguments of Reaumur against its supposed use . 110 



Pulverizing Birds .112 



Birds fond of Washing .113 



Serrated Claws of Herons and Nightjars . . .114 



Use of the Tongue as a cleaning Instrument . .115 



Analogy in Quadrupeds . 116 



CHAPTER XL BIRDS SOLITARY AND GREGARIOUS 



ON ACCOUNT OF FOOD. 



Instance from Sheep 116 



Turkey Buzzard and Black Vulture 119 



Anecdote from Wilson 120 



Town Sparrows 122 



Sparrow, Crow, and Stork Courts ib. 



Rooks appoint Sentinels 124 



Leader of the Cranes 125 



King of the Quails 126 



Origin of the Notion of Kingbirds 127 



King of the Vultures ib. 



Eagle as King of the Birds 128 



Eagle Standards of Nations 128 



The Condor ' 129 



The Wren a King bird 130 



Solitary Habits of the Jack-snipe 131 



Similar Habits of the Sand-piper and Wagtail . . .132 



The Sociable Grosbeak of Africa 133 



Anecdote of a Swallow ib 



