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completed. Curious Nests in Africa. Age of small 

 Birds. Canary Birds. Trade in. Bullfinches, Piping. 

 How trained. Boldness of. Affectionate and social 

 Habits of. Also of Linnets. Use of small Birds in 

 destroying Insects 229 



CHAPTER XI. Subulirostres ; Awl-shaped Bills. Mana- 

 kins : curious Nests of. Tomtits. Wagtails. Red- 

 starts. Robins, &c. Migration of this Tribe. Night- 

 ingales. Whether they return to same Nests. Ear for 

 Music. Night-Singing-Birds. Planirostres ; Flat- 

 billed. Swallow Tribe. Whether occasionally Dor- 

 mant; instances of. Migration of. Insects, number 

 devoured by Swallows. Spiders, high Flights of. Curi- 

 ous Nests of Swallows. Courage of. 251 



CHAPTER XII. Swallows' Nests, continued. Edible Nests, 

 East Indies. Goat-suckers. Mode of seizing Moths. 

 Cavern with their Nests, described. Tenuirostres ; 

 Narrow-billed. Nuthatch. Tree-Creeper. Bee-Eater. 

 Hoopoe. Kingfisher. Humming Birds. Climbing 

 Birds. Cuneirostres ; Wedge-billed. Jacamar. Anis. 

 Cuckoo. Anecdotes and Habits of 272 



CHAPTER XIII. Cuneirostral, continued. Woodpecker 

 Tame one. Wryneck Tongue of. Levirostral ; Light- 

 billed. Parrots. Toucan. Gallinaceous ; Poultry 

 Tribe. Pigeons, American Prodigious numbers of 

 Rapid flight Employed as Messengers Mode of catch- 

 ing Attachments of. Cocks. Pheasants --Courage of. 

 On breeding Pheasants Box for Feeding. Prized by 

 Ancients. Turkeys, Wild Social Habits of. Part- 

 ridges, tamed Nests of Various sorts of. Quails 

 Immense Flights of. Bustards. Ostrich Nests of- 

 Affection Hunting Strength of. Cassowary and Emu 293 



CHAPTER XIV. Water Birds. Waders. Pressirostral ; 

 Narrow-beaked. Water-Hens. Anecdotes of Nests 

 of. Coots Nests of. Jacanas Singular Foot of: 

 Horned Screamers. Rails. Oyster- Catchers Tamed. 



