IV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. MASON BIRDS. 



Page 



The Barricade of the Nut-hatch (Sitta Europaea) . 36 



*' .37 



. ib. 

 . 39 



Its probable Design 

 American Cliff-swallow 

 Masonry of the Window-swallow 



Their Nests destroyed by Rain 



The Swallow a general Favourite 

 The Flamingo . . 



Its singular pyramidal Nest 



Account of, by Dampier 



. 41 



. 42 



. ib. 



. ib. 



. 43 



Other Accounts, by Catesby, Labat, and Descourtilz . 45 



CHAPTER IV. CARPENTER BIRDS. 



The term Carpenter applied to many Species of Birds . 45 



The Toucan 46 



Woodpeckers 47 



Misrepresented by Buffon ib. 



Defended by Wilson 48 



Wilson's Account of the Downy Woodpecker . . 49 

 The Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied, and Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker 51 



Nest destroyed by the Black-snake . . . .52 



The Ivory-billed Woodpecker 53 



The History of one by Wilson ib. 



CHAPTER V. PLATFORM-BUILDERS. 



Nests not necessarily Hollow 55 



Platform Nest of the Ring-dove 56 



Passenger Pigeon of America ib. 



Immense Assemblage when Breeding . . . .57 



Extent of their Colonies ib. 



Astonishing Flights 58 



Platform Nests of some Birds of Prey . . . .60 



The Griffard, or Martial Eagle ib. 



Herons Platform-builders 61 



Plumes of the Heron used for Ornaments . . .62 



CHAPTER VI. BASKET-MAKING BIRDS. 



Materials employed in Basket-making . . . .63 



Nest of the Bulfinch ib. 



American Mocking-bird 64 



Wilson's Account ib. 



The Red-winged Starling 66 



Haunts and Nest described by Wilson . . . . ib. 



