symbol of wisdom; general characteristics; Tawny Owl; 

 Long- and Short-eared Owls; Eagle- and Snowy Owls; 

 American Burrowing-owls; Pygmy Owls; Little Owls; the 

 White or Barn-owl (Screech-owl) 464-480 



CHAPTER X 



NIGHT-JARS, SWIFTS, AND HUMMING- 

 BIRDS 



NIGHT- JARS Allies of the Owls; characteristics; 

 Pennant- winged Night-jar; Night-hawk; Eared Night- 

 jar; More-pork, or Frog-mouth; Oil-bird. SWIFTS 

 Common Swift; Salvin's Swift; Edible Swifts. HUMMING- 

 BIRDS Relation to Swifts; plumage; species; American 

 range; Newton's description 481-486 



CHAPTER XI 



PARROTS, CUCKOOS, AND PLANTAIN- 

 EATERS 



PARROTS More than five hundred species; Kea, or 

 Mount ain-nestor; Lories; Brush-tongued Parrots; Cocka- 

 toos; Gray African Parrot; Pygmy Parrots; Macaws; 

 Hawk-billed Parrot; Long-tailed Macaws; Hyacinthine 

 Macaw; Amazon Parrots; Hanging-parrots; Budgerigars, 

 or Parrakeets; Kapapo, or Owl-parrot, most interesting 

 of all. THE CUCKOO TRIBE Common Cuckoo; general 

 characteristics; use of other birds' nests; Great Spotted 

 Cuckoo; the Koel; Lark-heeled Cuckoos; Bronze Cuckoos; 

 Golden Cuckoos; Emerald Cuckoo; Ground-cuckoo. 

 PLANTAIN-EATERS, orTouRACos Related to the Cuckoos; 

 fine plumage; twenty-five species 487-498 



CHAPTER XII 



ROLLERS, KINGFISHERS, HORNBILLS, AND 

 HOOPOES 



ROLLERS Crow-like birds of brilliant plumage; how 

 named; habits. KINGFISHERS Common Kingfisher; 

 beautiful and widely known; description; Kinghunters; 

 Racket-tailed Kingfishers; Laughing Jackass, or Settler's 

 Clock. HORNBILLS Helmet-hornbill; full account by 

 Charles Hose. THE HOOPOES Characters and habits; 

 European Hoopoe, Wood-hoopoes, etc 498-506 



CHAPTER XIII 



BEE-EATERS, MOTMOTS, TODIES, COLIES, 

 AND TROGONS 



BEE-EATERS An Old W T orld group. MOTMOTS Birds of 

 peculiar interest; Racket-tailed Motmot TODIES Small 

 allies of the Motmots. COLIES, OR MOUSE-BIRDS Their 

 creeping habit. TROGONS Their gorgeous plumage ; the 

 Quezal; Salvin's description 506-508 



CHAPTER XIV 



TOUCANS, HONEY-GUIDES, JACAMARS 

 AND PUFF-BIRDS, BARBETS AND 

 WOODPECKERS 



TOUCANS Gaudy plumage; shy and restless; de- 

 scribed by Bates. HONEY-GUIDES Unique birds; Sir 

 John Kirk's description. JACAMARS AND PUFF-BIRDS 

 Description; range. BARBETS Characteristics and geo- 

 graphical range. WOODPECKERS Two sections; many 

 species; the Wrynecks 508-512 



PERCHING-BIRDS 



Nearly six thousand species; subdivisions; the Crows; 

 the Raven; Rook; Carrion-crow; Jackdaw; Jay; Magpie; 

 Chough; Huia; Birds of Paradise; splendid groups; Bower- 

 birds; Gardener-bird; British Starling; immense flocks; 

 Rose-coloured Starling; Ox-pecker; Glossy Starlings; 

 Crackles, etc.; the Orioles; Beautiful Old World 

 birds; Golden Oriole; Hang-nests, Cow-birds, and Rice- 

 birds, American species; Thoreau on the song of the Rice- 

 bird, or Bobolink; Weaver-birds; Widow-birds; Wax- 

 bills, Amadavats; Java Sparrow; Grass-finches; Munias; 

 Tanagers, etc.; Finches; Grosbeaks; Hawfinches; Green 

 Finches; True Finches; the Chaffinch; Goldfinch; Linnets; 

 Bullfinch; Sparrow; Canary; Buntings; Yellowhammer; 

 Ortolan; Snow-bunting; Reed-bunting 513-526 



CHAPTER XVI 



LARKS, TITMICE, HONEY-EATERS, AND 

 THEIR KINDRED 



LARKS Skylark; Wagtails; Pipits; Wall-creeper; Tree- 

 creeper; Nuthatches. TITMICE True, Crested, Long- 

 tailed, and Penduline Tits, Reedlings, etc. HONEY- 

 EATERS The Poe, or Parson-bird; White-eyes; Sun- 

 birds; Flower-peckers; Diamond-bird 526-533 



CHAPTER XVII 



SHRIKES, THRUSHES AND THEIR ALLIES, 



SWALLOWS, LYRE-BIRDS, CHATTERERS, 



BROAD-BILLS, ETC. 



SHRIKES Called Butcher-birds; Great Gray Shrike; 

 Red-backed Shrike. WAX-WINGS Their curious append- 

 ages. THE WARBLERS Numerous species. THRUSHES 

 AND ALLIES The Common Thrush; Blackbird; Robin 

 Red-breast; Nightingale; Wheat-ears; Stone-chats; Whin- 

 chats; Red-start; Hedge-sparrow; Dipper, or Water- 

 ouzel; the Wrens; Fly-catchers. SWALLOWS AND MARTINS 

 A well-defined group; highly regarded. LYRE-BIRDS 

 AND SCRUB-BIRDS Very interesting forms. CHATTERERS 

 The Umbrella-bird; Bell-birds; Cocks-of-the-rock; Thick- 

 billed Chatterers; Manakins; the Bailador, or Dancer. 

 ANT THRUSHES OR PITTAS The Ground-thrush; Plant- 

 cutters; Wood-hewers; Oven-birds; Little House-builders; 

 Tyrant Fly-catchers; King-bird; Crested Tyrant-bird. 

 BROAD-BILLS Homes and habits 533-544 



BOOK III.-REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS 



CHAPTER 1 



CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS 



What the reptile class includes. THE CROCODILES 

 General characteristics; full description; True Crocodiles; 

 capture; the Nile Crocodile; American Crocodile; Long- 

 snouted Crocodile. ALLIGATORS The typical or Missis- 

 sippi Alligator; the Caimans of South America; they 

 occupy the place of the alligator 545-551 



CHAPTER II 



TORTOISES AND TURTLES 



Distinguishing features. LAND-TORTOISES Giant or 

 Elephant-tortoises; Darwin's observations; Grecian 

 Tortoise; Margined Tortoise; Hinged Tortoises; Box- 

 tortoises; Pond-tortoises; True Terrapins; Diamond- 

 backed; Painted Terrapin; American Mud-terrapins; 

 Snappers; Matamata Tortoise; Snake-necked Water- 



