LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The Dance of the Cock-of-the- Rock . . . Frontispiece 



The Gold-crest i 



Restoration of the Archceopteryx 4 



Head of the Archceopteryx 4 



Restoration of the Tooth-billed Diver 5 



Suggested restoration of Phororachus inflatus, Amegh . . 7 



The Secretary-Bird 9 



The Seriama . .11 



The Kiwi 15 



The Common Rhea, with the male bird in charge of the nestlings 17 



Embryo of Hoatzin 20 



The Hoatzin ... 21 



Nestling of Hoatzin 23 



The Frigate Bird 24 



The Brush Turkey 27 



Section through the mound of Lipoa ocellata in undisturbed state 34 



Mound of Lipoa ocellata 35 



A bird's-eye view of the mound of Lipoa as seen from above . 36 



Nestling Megapode 37 



The Whale-headed Stork 41 



The Dodo 45 



The African Darter 51 



Rookery of King-Penguins 57 



The Splendid Sun-bird 62 



Head of the male of Cinnyris hartlaubi 66 



Head of the male of C. cyanolcEmns 67 



Head of the male of C. reichenbachi 67 



Head of C. obscurus, male and female 68 



The Blue Bird of Paradise 71 



