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tree or hole. Eggs white or bluish-green, with black spots 

 and markings. Cosmopolitan. 



FAM. II. Paradiseidcc. (Birds of Paradise.) Nest of sticks in 

 a tree. Eggs Crow-like, but the ground-colour pinkish- 

 buff. Australian region. 



FAM. III. Ptilonorhynchida. (Bower-birds.) Nest of sticks in 

 a tree. Eggs greenish or purplish-white, much scribbled 

 over with black. Australian region. 



FAM. IV. Sturnida. (True Starlings.) Nest of straw and 

 sticks in a hole. Eggs bluish or white. Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa. 



FAM. V. Eulabetida. (Tree-Starlings.) Nest a slight structure 

 of grass in the hole of a tree or building. Eggs greenish- 

 blue with purplish spots. Africa, India, Australia. 



FAM. VI. Eurycerotida. (Blue-bills.) Nest and eggs unknown. 

 Madagascar. 



FAM. VII. Dicruridce. (Drongos.) Nest of fine twigs and 

 grasses in the fork of a bough, like a cradle. Eggs white, 

 or salmon-colour with brownish-red spots. Africa, India, 

 Australian Region. 



FAM. VIII. Oriolida. (Orioles.) Nest of grass and strips of 

 bark suspended in the fork of a bough like a cradle. Eggs 

 white, spotted with reddish-brown. Old World generally. 



FAM. IX. leterida. (Hang-nests.) Nest often very large, 

 pendulous, of grasses and leaves, in trees, tussocks of grass, 

 in reeds, or on the ground. Eggs bluish or white, written 

 over and spotted with black and grey. Some species 

 parasitic. North and South America. 



FAM. X. Ploceida. (Weaver-birds.) Nest, a bag made of 

 strips of palm-leaves and grass, strongly interwoven by the 

 birds, suspended from boughs of trees or built in bushes 

 near the ground. Eggs white, grey, or purplish, with 

 greenish or brown spots. Africa, India, Indo-Malayan 

 Region. 



FAM. XI. Tanagridce. (Tanagers.) Nest in various situations, 

 cup-shaped, of grass stems or lichens, in trees or bushes, 

 sometimes domed, or in grass in marshes. Eggs white, 



