IV CONTENTS. 



CHAP. p a g e 



VII. The Parrot, and its affinities, - 221 



VIII. The Pigeon, and its varieties, - 233 



BIRDS. PART IV. 



I. Of Birds of the Sparrow kind in general, - 242 



II. The Thrush, and its affinities, 259 



III. The Nightingale, and other soft-billed Song Birds, 264? 



IV. The Canary Bird, and other hard-billed Song Birds, 275 

 V. The Swallow, and its affinities, - 280 



VI. Of the Humming Bird, and its varieties, * 287 



BIRDS. PART V. 



I. Of Birds of the Crane kind in general, , VI 293 



II. The Crane, - 297 



III. The Stork, - * - ,-: Vv 306 



IV. The Balearic and other foreign Cranes, - 310 

 V. The Heron, and its varieties, - I -i*; '; 315 



VI. The Bittern, or Mire-drum, - - 322 



VII. The Spoonbill, or Shoveler, - - 326 



VIII. The Flamingo, 329 



IX. The Avosetta or Scooper, and Corrira or Runner, 337 

 X. Of Small Birds of the Crane kind, with the thighs 



partly bare of feathers, - - 339 



XL Of the Water-Hen and the Coot, - 350 



BIRDS. PART VI. 



I. Of Water Fowl in general, - - 355 



II. Of the Pelican, - 360 



III. The Albatross, the first of the Gull kind, - 367 



IV. The Cormorant, 370 



V. The Gannet, or Soland Goose, - 375 

 VI. Of smaller Gulls, and Petrels, - - 379 



VII. Of the Penguin kind : and first, of the Great Ma- 



gellanic Penguin, - - 390 

 VIIL Of the Auk, Puffin, and other Birds of the Penguin 



kind, ... 396 



IX. Of Birds of the Goose kind, properly so called, 404? 



X. Of the Swan, tame and wild, - 408 

 XI. Of the Goose, and its varieties, - - 414? 



XII. Of the Duck, and its varieties, - - 418 



XIII. Of the King-Fisher, ... 432 



