CONTENTS. xv 



Athens Pheasant Bustard Grouse Cock of the Wood 

 Partridge Quail. - - itf? 



LETTER XLV. 



JSlrds ef the Pie Kind The fltivtn, the Rook, and the Car- 

 riot? Cro\v -Magpie-*-- Jay Kingfisher- -Cuckoo-^Wood- 

 jiecker-~T(*ucau, * 5C9 



LETTER XLVi. 



the Pio Kind continued The Parrot, audits Varieties Bird 

 <>f Paradise and its Varieties Pigeou and its Affinities. 293 



LETTER XLVl I. 



of the Sparrow Kind- fJtneral Remarks The Thrush 

 Fieldfare -Redwing Blackbird- Finches- -Bulfiuch 

 OrtolanGoldfinch Canary Bird, - SO^ 



LETTER XLVlJl. 



Warblcfa Tile Lark "N'igtttingale^-Red 



Mock Biid ijf Ailitirica-~Hu!itrtiing Bird and its Varieties 



844 



LETT^H l< 



Web-fooled Waferfowl-Pistinguisliing Characteristics nnd ge* 

 neral Remarks The Flaniingo Pelican Frigate Pelican 

 ~Corrporant Soland Goose The Albatross. - - 315 



LETTER LI. 



The Gull Kind The Gnll Petcrcl Tern Interesting mid 

 picturesque Description of the method of catching Sea Fowl, 

 among the stupendous Rocks on some of the Northern 

 Shores The Penguin. - * - 321 



LETTER Lll. 



The Goose Kind The Swan-Goose--13arnacle Brent-Goosa 

 Duck Manner of taking Ducks, by means of a Decoy 

 J}p*cripti<m of the Decoy, and Hs Management Curiou* 

 Mode yi" taking these Birds in China General Remarks 323 



