152 Wonders of the Bird World 



Sub-Order BUCEROTES. (Hornbills.) Nest, none. Eggs 

 two or three in number, white, laid in hole of tree, in 

 which the female is imprisoned. Africa, India, Indo- 

 Malayan Region. 



Sub-Order UPUP^E. (Hoopoes.) Nest, none, or scantily 

 lined with a little grass, in a hole. Eggs from five to 

 seven, light olive- brown, bluish, or greenish- white. Europe 

 and Asia, Africa. 



Sub-Order MEROPES. (Bee-Eaters.) Nest, none. Eggs 

 three to seven, white, laid in a chamber at the end of a 

 long tunnel hollowed by the birds themselves. South 

 Europe to Central Asia, Africa, India, Australasian 

 Region. 



Sub-Order MOMOTI. (Motmots.) Nest, none. Eggs four, 

 laid in a chamber at the end of a tunnel hollowed out by 

 the birds themselves. South America. 



Sub-Order TODI. (Todies.) Nest, none. Eggs four, white, 

 laid in a chamber at the end of a tunnel made by the birds 

 themselves. West India Islands. 



Sub-Order CAPRIMULGI. (Nightjars.) Nest, none. Eggs 

 generally two, white, mottled with lines and scribblings, 

 laid on the ground. Cosmopolitan. 



Sub-Order CYPSELI. (Swifts.) Nest of various construction, 

 cemented by the birds' own saliva. A rough structure of 

 rubbish under a roof, or an elaborate pendent nest, or 

 cup-shaped, and attached to the wall of a cave. Eggs one 

 to four in number, white. Cosmopolitan. 



Sub-Order TROCHILI. (Humming-birds.) Nest generally of 

 moss, cup-shaped, on a branch of a tree. Eggs two, 

 white. Chiefly South American ; a few migrating to North 

 America in the summer. 



Sub-Order COLII. (Colics, or Mouse-birds.) Nest cup- 

 shaped, of sticks, in a bush. Eggs three, white. Africa. 

 Order TROGONES. (Trogons.) Nest, none. Eggs two to 

 four in number, white, laid in hole of tree. Africa, India, Indo- 

 Malayan Region. 



Order COCCYGES. (Cuckoo-like Birds.) 



