CONTENTS. Xlh 



CHAP. VII. 



Birds of the Sparrow-kind. 



PAGE 



The Thrush and its Affinities; the Nightingale, the Redbreast, 

 the Lark, the Black-cap, the Wren, the Canary Bird, the 

 Swallow, and the Humming Bird -------- 235 



CHAP. VIII. 



Birds of the Crane-kind. 



The Crane, the Stork, the Balearic and other Foreign Cranes, 

 the Heron, the Bittern, the Spoonbill, the Shoveler, the 

 Flemingo, the Avosetta, Small Birds of the Crane-kind, 

 the Water-Hen, and the Coot - - - - - - - - ' - 245 



CHAP. IX. 



Water Fowls. 



The Pelican, the Albatross, the Cormorant, the Gannet, 

 Gulls and Petrels. Birds of the Goose-kind — the Swan, 

 the Goose, the Duck, and the King-fisher ----- 261 



FISHES. 



CHAP. I. 



Fishes in general -------------- 286 



CHAP. II. 



Cetaceous Fishes. 



The Whale, the Narwhale or Sea-Unico? n, the Cachalot, the 

 Dolphin, the Grampus, and th» Porpoise - - - - , 292 



