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King of Saxony's Bird of Paradise 73 



The Lyre-bird .......... 75 



A Motmot at work ......... 79 



Ornaments of the Puffin's bill . . . . . . .81 



The Poise of a Humming-bird ....... 90 



The Racket-tailed Humming-bird . . . . . .92 



Young Males of the Loddigesia at play ..... 95 



The Ecuadorian Umbrella-bird 101 



The Great Crested Grebe ........ 105 



The Standard- winged Nightjar . . . . . . .109 



The Huia . . . . . . . . . . 113 



Ornamental markings in the nestling of the Gouldian Weaver- 

 Finch 116 



The Satin Bower-bird 117 



An Intruder ! . . 123 



Nest of the Queensland Cat-bird 127 



The Bower of the Satin Bower-bird . . . . . .130 



Double-arched Bower of the Spotted Bower-bird . . .132 

 The Regent-bird . . . . . . . . . 133 



Arbour of the Gardener Bower-bird 137 



Arbour of the Gardener Bower-bird (Section) . . . . 143 

 Arbour of the Gardener Bower-bird (Ground Plan) . . .144 

 The Cuckoo as a parasite . . . . . . . .146 



Nest of the Tailor-bird 161 



Nest of a Crested Swift 168 



An Enemy ! 170 



" I bring you fine thing this morning, sah. Rarity from 



Denkera" 172 



A Baby Hornbill . . . . . . . . . 173 



Storming the stronghold of the Hornbill . . . . . 175 



Dyak Basket "* . . . . 176 



Hardwicke's Paradoxure 177 



The death of the Wood-Hoopoes 179 



Nest of Tanysiptera sylvia . . . . . . . -183 



The Guacharo, or Oil-bird . . . . . . . .187 



Nest of the Guacharo ......... 190 



Nest of the Flamingo ......... 193 



Nests of the Indian Fairy-Martin 198 



Nests of the Edible Swiftlets 200 



Oven-bird and its nest ......... 201 



The Tree-Swift 203 



