CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 THE Bearer and the Macauco, . , 



PART II. 



Menageries opposed to romance The Condor Unpro- 

 tected state of its eggs Elevations chosen for their 

 resting-place Color, <fec. of the nestling The Condor's 

 feast Indian mode of capturing the bird Exciting 

 nature of the sport Huniboldt's account of the Con- 

 dor's tenacity of life The Lammergeyer Its perti- 

 nacity and audacity Dimensions of the bird The 

 Condor's offspring in captivity Eggs placed under a 

 domestic lien Slowness of the hatching process 

 Description of the young bird Its food Attachment 

 of the Hen to its nursling Death of the young Condor 

 Modification of instinct Relative proportions of new- 

 born quadrupeds, birds just hatched, and fishes Feath- 

 ers of the Condor used as quills The King Vulture 

 Its brilliant colors Account of a Buzzard hatching 

 chickens, -J 



PART III. 



Transmigration of Souls The Stork ; qualities attributed 

 to the bird by the ancients Its migration The White 

 Stork Metamorphosis of Antigone Gratitude of Storks 

 proverbial Heracleis of Tarentum rewarded by a Stork 

 Supposed gratitude, chastity, and hatred of infidelity 

 of the Stork Its physical structure Its food" Live 

 fish " Feeding the nestlings Visits of the Stork to 

 the nests of Wild Ducks Traditions connected with 

 the White Stork The Black Stork Its habits Colonel 

 Montagu's specimen Mode of cooking the Stork 

 The " Adjutant " -The Stork family General re- 

 marks, 8 



PART IV. 



Africa, the country of wonders Phoenixes and Winged 

 Serpents The Giraffe The Hippopotamus at Cairo 

 Pea-fowl sent to Africa as a present to the King of 

 Dahomy Expected additions to the Zoological Society's 

 collection The Rhinoceros Cause of its death The 

 African Elephant Dimensions given by Major Den- 

 ham Manner of hunting the Elephant Faust The 

 Hippopotamus Its osteological organization Dissec- 

 tion of a Hippopotamus calf Voracious appetite of the 

 Hippopotamus Voice of the animal Shooting excur- 

 sion The skin converted into an instrument of torture 

 Barbarous punishment of offenders Supposed enmity 

 of the Hippopotamus and the Crocodile The Hippo- 

 potamus a master of the healing art, 14 



PART V. 



A freezing Spring The American Barn-Swallow Its 

 nest Superstition regarding the Swallow The Chim- 

 ney-Swallow Courage of the Purple Martin Extraor- 

 dinary migration of birds into Pennsylvania from the 

 South The English Swallow Process of taming de- 

 scribed by the Rev. W. Trevelyan Multitudes of 

 insects destroyed by the Swallow Ancient traditions 

 Singular medicinal properties ascribed to the Swallow 

 The Wood-Swallow, or Be-wowcn of the Aborigines of 

 Western Australia Pleasing habits of the Wood-Swal- 

 low, described by Mr. Gould Its food and general 

 character Season of incubation Form of the nest 

 Color and dimensions of the bird Egg of the White- 

 headed Eagle, in the Zoological Society's collection 



Niagara a favorite resort of the bird Its muscular 

 power Wilson's description of its predatory habits 

 Franklin's view of the case Turkeys found by Cortes 

 when he invaded Mexico The Eagle's unceremonious 

 treatment of the Vulture The nest of the Eagle In- 

 cubation in captivity Attachment of the parents to 

 their young in the wild state The AVedge-tailed 

 Eagle Its prey A Kangaroo-shooting party News 

 from Egypt of the Society's Hippopotamus, . . 23 



PART VI. 



The Siren and its classic predecessors Its generic charac- 

 ter Anatomical account Description of a male and 

 female Death of the latter The Camel Its wonder- 

 ful structure Its adaptation to its state of life Its 

 noiseless step The Baggage-Camel Altered form of 

 its dorsal vertebrae The Dromedary Its swiftness com- 

 pared to that of the high-mettled racer A lover's 

 exploit African Camel-drivers Training of the Camel 

 Camel-breeding at Pisa Use of the Camel in ancient 

 war Holland's account, translated from Pliny An- 

 tipathy of the Horse to the Camel Madness of the 

 Camel Reason assigned Camel fight Late appear- 

 ance of the Camel on the Roman arena Its medicinal 

 properties Its regular mode of progression Manner 

 of training the Camel described by old authors In- 

 stance of its cruel treatment by drivers The Camel- 

 doctors Diseases to which the Camel is subject 

 Objects of interest in the Museum of the College of 

 Surgeons, in relation to this animal Boat planned 

 from its remains The Pilgrim-caravan Its glittering 

 array Construction and formation of the Camel, . 33 



PART VII. 



Further remarks on the process of incubation on the egg 

 of the Wedge-tailed Eagle by a domestic Hen Attempt 

 by the parents to destroy the eggs Parental care of 

 their young by gregarious quadrupeds The Reindeer 

 Fondness for its young Maternal affection of ani- 

 mals of a high grade Touchingly instanced in the 

 case of a she Bear Boldness of Birds under such cir- 

 cumstances Example given by White Parental so- 

 licitude of the Partridge Of the domestic Hen Of the 

 Mare The practice of hatching Ducks' eggs by a Hen 

 Black Swans and their brood The Canada Geese 

 Their propensity to destroy the nestlings of other birds 

 Instanced by a pair in St. James' Park The Gold- 

 finch's nest Perseverance and manoeuvring of a Spar- 

 row while nest-building Anxiety for concealment 

 manifested by birds generally in the process of nidifica- 

 tion The Ostrich The mode adopted by this bird of 

 hatching its eggs Number of eggs produced Its nest 

 A Hen's eggs hatched by a Partridge The Brush- 

 Turkey Its mode of egg-hatching Genera of the 

 family A puzzle to systematists The bird described 

 Construction of its nest Of nests generally Hun- 

 ter's experiments on the eggs of a domestic Hen in re- 

 lation to the eggs of the Brush-Turkey Gould's re- 

 marks and experience on the same subject Western 

 Australian Pheasant described Their " nest-mounds " 

 The Jungle Fowl described The Bower-Birds of 

 Australia Specimens in the Zoological Gardens Ar- 

 rival there of the Hippopotamus, the Thylacines, and 

 the Snake-charmers, 42 



PART VIII. 



The Chlamydera, or Spotted Bower-Bird Its range 

 Opinion of Mr. Gould thereon Remarkable plumage 

 The great Bower-Bird Specimen in the Zoological 



