CONTENTS. 



Tribe CONIROSTBES; OR CONE BILLED BIRDS 277 



Family CORVID/E ; Sub-Family PHONOGAMIN^E ; PIP- 

 ING CROWS ." '. . 277 



Piping Crow Shrike Gymnoiliinii tiliin'.n 278 



Pied Crow Shrike Strcpcra yraciilina 279 



Sub-Family GARRULIN^E ; TALKATIVE BIRDS 279 



Jay Garrulus glandarius 279 



American Blue Jay C)/<n/on>r<u: cristatux, or 



Cyanocitta cristata 281 



Hunting Cissa Cissa sinensis 284 



Sub-Family CALLEATIN^E ; TREE CROWS 285 



Benteot Crypsirhina varlit 285 



Wandering Pie Tcmniirns vagabundus, or 

 Dendrocttta rufa 286 



Sub-Family CORVINE ; TRUE CROWS ?KT 



Raven Corvus corax is? 



Bald Crow Picathartes yymnocephalus 300 



Nutcracker Nunifratja caryocatactes 300 



Magpie Pica caudata 302 



Sub-Family GYMNODERIN^E ; FRUIT CROWS 305 



Bare-Necked Fruit Crow Gymnndcrus fatidus 806 

 Umbrella Bird Cephalopterug ornatus IJ07 



Sub-Family PYRRHOCORACIN^B ; SCARLET CROWS 308 



Cough Coracia gracula, or Fregilus graculus. 308 



Family PARADISEID.E ; BIRDS OF PARADISE 310 



King- Bird of Paradise Paradisea rerjla 310 



Family STURNID^E; STARLINGS; Sub-Family PTILO- 



NORHYNCHI^E ; GLOSSY STARLINGS 314 



Satin Bower Bird PMonorhynchus hulnseri- 



cetis 814 



Spotted Bower Bird Chlamydera maculata.... 815 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED IN COLORS. 



Lammergeyer 12 



Resplendent Trogon 138 



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Black and White Kingfisher 134 



Titmice . 224 



PA.-E 



Dipper, Wagtails and Wrens 228 



Paradise Flycatchers 258 



FULL-PAGE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. 



First Lessons iu Flight 6 



Golden Eagle 28 



Osprey 80 



Cinereous, White-Tailed, or Sea- 

 Eagle 40 



Kites . 48 



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Jerfalcon 56 



Harriers 74 



Trinidad Goat-Sucker 92 



Group of Song- Warblers 202 



The Finishing Touch 200 



Redstarts... ..214 



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Conjugal Tenderness 240 



Ravens 286 



Starlings and Magpie 302 



Birds of Paradise 31C 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



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Frontispiece 1 



Title-Page (Birds) 9 



VULTURES. 



Condor 13 



King Vulture 16 



Black Vulture 18 



Turkey Buzzard 20 



Common Arabian Vulture 21 



Group of True Vultures 22 



Pondichery Vulture 23 



Fulvous, or Griffin Vulture 24 



Egyptian Vulture 26 



EAGLES. 



Imperial Eagle 31 



Booted Eagle 32 



Martial Eagle 33 



Jean Le Blanc Eagle 34 



Crested, or Harpy Eagle 35 



Bald, or White Headed Eagle 41 



FALCONS AND HAWKS. 



Red-Throated Falcon 44 



Brazilian Kite 45 



Buzzard 46 



Rough Legged Falcon 47 



Honey-Buzzard 48 



Kites 49 



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Arabian Kite 50 



Black- Winged Falcon 51 



Mississippi Kite, and Swallow- 

 Tailed Falcon 53 



Peregrine Falcon E8 



Lanner 69 



Hobby 60 



Merlin 61 



Kestrel 62 



Red-Footed Falcon 63 



Bengal Falcon fi4 



Goshawk 65 



Sparrow Hawk 67 



Chanting Falcon, and Serpent 



Falcon 71 



Secretary Bird 72 



OWLS. 



Hawk Owl 70 



Snowy Owl and Bearded Owl 77 



Coquimbo, or Burrowing Owl 78 



Little Owl 80 



Long-Eared Owl and Scops Eared 



Owl 81 



Great Owl 82 



Brown Owl 86 



Ural Owl.'. 87 



Short-Eared Owl 89 



GOAT-SUCKERS. 



Tawny-Shouldered Podargus 94 



New Holland Goat-Sucker 95 



Great-Eared Goat-Sucker 96 



Great Ibigau 97 



European Goat-Sucker 98 



Lyre Tailed Goat-Sucker 99 



Carolina Goat-Sucker 100 



Long- Winged Goat Sucker 101 



Virginian Goat-Sucker 102 



SWALLOWS. 



Klecho Swallow icfi 



White-Bellied Swift and Swift 107 



Esculent Swallows 112 



Sand Martin and Purple Swallow. 117 

 Swallow and House Martin 119 



ROLLERS. 



Oriental Roller 120 



Garrulous Roller 121 



TODIES. 



Green Tody 122 



Javan Tody 123 



MOTMOT, TROGON, AND BARBET. 



Brazilian Motmot 124 



Trogon 127 



Collared Barbet 130 



