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King of Saxony's Bird of Paradise 73 



The Lyre-bird 75 



A Motmot at work 79 



Ornaments of the Puffin's bill 81 



The Poise of a Humming-bird 90 



The Racket-tailed Humming-bird . . . . 92 



Young Males of the Loddigesia at play . . . . . 95 



The Ecuadorian Umbrella-bird 101 



The Great Crested Grebe . 105 



The Standard-winged Nightjar • . . 109 



The Huia 113 



Ornamental markings in the nestling of the Gouldian Weaver- 

 Finch 116 



The Satin Bower-bird 117 



An Intruder! 123 



Nest of the Queensland Cat-bird 127 



The Bower of the Satin Bower-bird 130 



Double-arched Bower of the Spotted Bower-bird . . .132 



The Regent-bird 133 



Arbour of the Gardener Bower-bird 137 



Arbour of the Gardener Bower-bird (Section) .... 143 

 Arbour of the Gardener Bower-bird (Ground Plan) . . .144 



The Cuckoo as a parasite 146 



Nest of the Tailor-bird 161 



Nest of a Crested Swift 168 



An Enemy ! 170 



" I bring you fine thing this morning, sah. Rarity from 



Denkera" 172 



A Baby Hornbill 173 



Storming the stronghold of the Hornbill . . . . 175 



Dyak Basket 176 



Hardwicke's Paradoxure 177 



The death of the Wood-Hoopoes 179 



Nest of Tanysiptera sylvia . . 183 



The Guacharo, or Oil-bird 187 



Nest of the Guacharo 190 



Nest of the Flamingo 193 



Nests of the Indian Fairy-Martin 198 



Nests of the Edible Swiftlets 200 



Oven-bird and its nest 201 



The Tree-Swift , , 203 



