xvi List of Illustrations 



Weaver-birds' Nests in Liberia ....... 207 



Nest of the Fire-wood Gatherer ...... . 209 



Nest of the Yellow-throated Warbler ...... 213 



Nest of a Penduline Tit ....... . 214 



Nest of the Cape Penduline Tit, or Cotton-bird . . . -215 



Nest of the Rock- Warbler ........ 216 



Nest of the Fan-tailed Warbler ....... 220 



Nests of Stellula calliope ........ 222 



Loaded nest of Oreotrochilus pichincha ..... 223 



The Courting of the male Red-necked Phalarope by the female . 229 



Indian Hemipodes ......... 231 



Female of the Painted Snipe ....... 235 



The Male Blackcock dancing ....... 242 



The Male of the Great Bustard showing off ..... 245 



The Courting of the Ruff ........ 249 



Bailadors at play .......... 259 



Female of Papilio merope ...... . .261 



Female of Amauris niavius . ..... , ,261 



The Black Cuckoo near the nest of the Drongo .... 268 



The Black Drongo ......... 269 



The Owl-Parrot .......... 271 



The Stone-Plover, or Thick-knee ....... 273 



The Pennant-winged Nightjar ....... 276 



The Argentine Little Bittern ....... 279 



The Hoopoe . ..... 281 



Little Bittern in reed-bed ........ 283 



Ptarmigan in summer plumage ...... 285 



Ptarmigan in autumn plumage . , . . . . . 289 



Ptarmigan in winter plumage ..... 293 



The Ani of Jamaica ......... 295 



Young Koel fed by Mynas ........ 299 



Young Cuckoo ejecting the nestlings of the Meadow-Pipit . . 307 



The Lighthouse on Heligoland . . 323 



The Common Nightjar ........ 333 



Zoo-geographical Regions of the Globe ..... 348 



The Giant Gallinule of New Zealand ...... 371 



