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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 247 



Chapter XIII. Cuneirostral, continued. — Woodpecker — Tame one. 

 —Wryneck — Tongue of. — Levirostral, Light-billed. — Parrots. — 

 Toucan.— Gallinaceous, Poultry Tribe. — Pigeons, American— Pro- 

 digious Numbers of — Kapid Flight — Employed as Messengers — 

 Mode of catching — Attachments of. — Cocks. — Pheasants— Courage 

 of. — On breeding Pheasants — Box for Feeding — Prized by Ancients. 

 — Turkeys, Wild — Social Habits of. — Partridges, tamed— Nests of 

 — Various Sorts of. — Quails — Immense Flight of. — Bustards. — 

 Ostrich — Nests of— Affection— Hunting — Strength of. — Cassowary 

 and Emu 267 



Chapter XIV. Water -Birds. — Waders. — Pressirostral, Narrow- 

 beaked. — Water-hens — Anecdotes of— Nests of. — Coots — Nests 

 of. — Jacanas — Singular Foot of. — Horned Screamers. — Bails. 



— Oyster - catchers — Tamed. — Cultrirostra, Cutting - billed. — 

 Herons — Toothed Claw of— Voracity of. — Storks and Cranes — 

 Migrations of— Bespecfc paid to. — Gigantic Crane— Particulars 

 respecting — Jabiru. — Anastomus, Open-beaked. — Tantalus . . 297 



Chapter XV. Latirostral, Flat-beaked.— Boat-bill. — Spoonbill.— 

 Flamingo— Mode of Feeding— Nests of —Watchful Habits. — 

 Tenuirostral, or Longirostral ; Long, Slender-billed Birds. — 

 A.voset. — Sandpipers. — Dotterel — Preservation of its Young.— 

 Dunlin's Nest and Eggs. — Plover — Mode of Catching. — Ibis — 

 Mummies of — Why held Sacred . . . . . . .316 



Chapter XVI. Palmipedes, Web-footed— Serrated or Tooth-billed. 

 — Geese — Flocks of — How managed — Plucking— Singular Attach- 

 ment — Sagacity — Courage. — Tree Geese. — Swans — Muscular 

 Strength— Courage.— Black Swans.— Trade in Swan-quills . . 334 



Chapter XVII. Duck Tribe— Management of— Chinese mode. — Wild 

 Ducks building in Trees — Affection of. — Eider Ducks — How caught. 

 —Duck-shooters, Danger attending. — Decoys . . . . 351 



