CONTENTS. v 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE CUCKOOS, ETC. 



Ground-cuckoo of Southwest Territories : Curious appear- 

 ance and habits Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed 

 Cuckoo : Invaluable as insect-eaters : Without any objec- 

 tionable habits : Poor nest-builders, but excellent parents : 

 Curious voices, hence the common name Trogons 

 Motmots Kingfisher : Common inland water-bird : Nests 

 in the ground Carolina Paroquet : Once abundant, now 

 almost extinct 154-159 



CHAPTER VIII. 



BIRDS OF PREY. 



Their general characteristics and habits King Vulture 

 Turkey-buzzard Black Vulture Swallow-tailed Hawk : 

 Mississippi Kite Marsh-hawk Sharp-shinned and other 

 small hawks Goshawk Red-tailed Hawk: Value as 

 mousers more than compensates for poultry destroyed 

 Broad-winged Hawk Red-shouldered or Winter Falcon 

 " Feather-boots" or Black-Hawk Golden Eagle Bald 

 Eagle Gyrfalcons Peregrine Falcon or Duck-hawk 

 Sparrow-hawk Osprey or Fish-hawk Owls : Their pe- 

 culiarities : Crepuscular and nocturnal habits : Also a di- 

 urnal bird Barn-owl : Shrill voice of, when alarmed : 

 Valuable as a mouser Long-eared or Cat-owl : Interest- 

 ing account of a colony of these birds Marsh-owl 

 Acadian Owl Little Red or Screech-owl Snowy Owl 

 Hawk-owl Burrowing-owl Pygmy-owl 160-186 



CHAPTER IX. 



OAME-BIRDS AND PIGEONS. 



Quail or Bob-white California Quail Dusky Grouse 

 Canada Grouse Ruffed Grouse or Pheasant of Middle 

 States Ptarmigan or White Grouse Prairie-chicken or 

 Pinnated Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Wild Turkey 

 Wild Pigeon Turtle-dove: Curious nesting habit of 



dove in Arizona Ground-dove 187-197 



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