ILLUSTRATIONS, 



No. Page 



1. Rumkin, or Tail-less Cock . . . .5 



2. Night-heron 15 



3. Pectinated Claw of Night-heron . . % .15 



4. Carolina Night-jar, or Chuck-will's-widow . . 16 



5. Night-jar's Foot, showing the Pectinated Claw . .17 



6. Podargus Auritus . . . . . .19 



7. Magnified Plan of the Cleaning Instrument . . 24 



8. Larva of the Glow-worm, using its Cleaning Instrument 25 



9. Grub of the Glow-worm devouring a Snail . .26 



10. Turkey Buzzard and Black Vulture . . , .31 



11. The Crane 40 



12. King-bird of Paradise 45 



13. King of the Vultures 46 



14. Condor attacking a Puma . . . . . 48 



15. The Jack-snipe 50 



16. The Dunlin 53 



17. The White-headed Eagle and Fish-hawk . . 73 



18. The Black-cap . 75 



19. The Aberdevine and Nest 78 



20. The Wild Turkey and Young ..... 87 



21. The Ruffed Grouse 92 



22. Pinnated Grouse in the act of strutting . . .96 



23. American Grouse (Tetrao obscurus) . . .98 



24. The Ovarium, or Egg-organ . . . . .106 



25. Embryo impregnated Egg 107 



