CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER VII. Vultures Loathsome Feeders Strength of. Snake- 

 eater Mode of killing Serpents. Hawks Character of. Hawk- 

 ing for Bustards Value of Iceland Falcons much prized. 

 Falconry in former days. Contest with Herons Modes of Catch- 

 ing. The Sparrow-hawk Anecdotes. The Glede, or Kite. 

 Herons. Food of the Hawk Tribe Their Disposition. The 

 Hawk sacred to the Egyptians and Turks no 



CHAPTER VIII. Owls Superstitions respecting Short-eared The 

 Great Snowy Owl White Owl Mode of Feeding Attachment 

 to Young Used 'in Bird-catching. Burrowing Owl. Dentiros- 

 tral, Notch-billed Birds. Shrikes Mode of Feeding Nests of 

 Used in taking Falcons. Puff -backed Shrike. Thrush Genus- 

 Instinctive Habits of Feeding Anecdote Thrush and young 

 Cuckoo. Fly-catchers. Cotinga. Tanagers Beauty of. Serra- 

 tirostral, or Serrated Beaks. Hornbills. Plenirostral, Strong- 

 billed. Grakles. Paradise Birds 144 



CHAPTER IX. Ravens Occasionally desert their Young Predacious 

 Habits Sagacity Various Anecdotes. Crows and Hooks Char- 

 acters of each. Tame Crow. Meetings, or Councils, of Crows, 

 Herons, Magpies, &c. "Whether Rooks are beneficial or injurious 

 to the Farmer. Hard "Winters favourable to Insects. Rookeries. 

 Red-legged Crow. Jackdaws. Jays and Magpies . . . 178 



CHAPTER X. Passerine Order continued. Conirostres, Conical Beaks. 

 Orioles. Starlings Habits of. Finch Tribe. Goldfinch- 

 Anecdotes of Nests rapidly 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 . 207 



CHAPTER XI. Subulirostres, Awl-shaped Bills. Manakins Curious 

 Nests of. Tomtits. "Wagtails. Redstarts. Robins, &c. Migra- 

 tion of this Tribe. Nightingales Whether they return to same 

 Nests Ear for Music. Night -Singing Birds. Planirostres, Flat- 

 billed. Swallow Tribe Whether occasionally Dormant, Instances 

 of Migration of. Insects, Number devoured by Swallows. 

 Spiders, high flights of. Curious Nests of Swallows Courage of 227 



