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pleted. Curious Nests in Africa. Age of small Birds. 

 Canary Birds. Trade in. Bullfinches, Piping. How 

 trained. Boldness of. Affectionate and social Habits 

 of Also of Linnets. Use of small Birds in destroying 

 Insects 211 



CHAPTER XI. Subulirostres ; Awl-shaped Bills. Manakins : 

 curious Nests of. Tomtits. Wagtails. Kedstarts. 

 Kobins, &c. Migration of this Tribe. Nightingales. 

 Whether they return to same nests. Ear for Music. 

 Night- Singing Birds. Planirostres ; Flat-billed. Swal- 

 low Tribe. Whether occasionally Dormant ; instances 

 of Migration of. Insects, number devoured by Swal- 

 lows. Spiders, high Flights of. Curious Nests of Swal- 

 lows. Courage of 232 



CHAPTER XII. Swallows' nests, continued. Edible Nests, 

 East Indies. Goat-suckers. Mode of seizing Moths. 

 Cavern with their Nests, described. Tenuirostres ; 

 Narrow-billed. Nuthatch. Tree-Creeper. Bee- Eater. 

 Hoopoe. Kingfisher. Humming Birds. Climbing 

 Birds. Cuneirostres ; Wedge-billed. Jacamar. Anis. 

 Cuckoo. Anecdotes and Habits of 253 



CHAPTER XIII. Cuneirostral, continued. Woodpecker 

 Tame one. Wryneck Tongue of. Levirostral; Light- 

 billed. Parrots. Toucan. Gallinaceous ; Poultry 

 tribe. Pigeons, American Prodigious numbers of 

 Rapid flight Employed as Messengers Mode of 

 catching Attachments of. Cocks. Pheasants 

 Courage of. On breeding Pheasants Box for Feeding 

 Prized by Ancients. Turkeys, Wild Social Habits 

 of. Partridges, tamed Nests of Various sorts of. 

 Quails Immense Flights of. Bustards. Ostrich 

 Nests of Affection Hunting Strength of 

 Cassowary and Emu 273 



CHAPTER XIV. Water Birds. Waders. Pressirostral; 

 Narrow-beaked. ^Water-Hens. Anecdotes of Nests 

 of. Coots Nests of. Jacanas Singular Foot of. 



