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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Great Bird of Paradise, . . . 334 



Ked Bird of Paradise, . . 335 



Wilson's Bird of Paradise, . . 337 



Head of Six-Plumed Bird of Paradise, . 338 

 Satin Bower-Birds, . . .341 



Spotted Bower-Birds at Home. . . 342 



Common Starling, .... 343 

 Common and Black Starling, . . 345 



Rose-Coloured Starling, . . . 346 



Red-Billed Ox-Pecker, . . .348 



Superb Glossy Starling, . . .350 



Southern Grackle, . . . .351 



Black Indian Drongo, . . . 353 



Golden Oriole, . . . .354 



Crested Cassique, .... 356 

 Common Cow-Bird, . . . 359 



Red-Shouldered Starling, . . .360 



Purple Troupial, . . . .361 



Nest of Sociable Weavers, . . . 362 



Common and White-Headed Ox-Birds, . 364 

 Abyssinian and Masked Weaver-Birds, . 365 

 Sociable Weaver-Bird, . . .367 



Java Sparrow, .... 369 

 Violet Tanager, .... 370 

 West Indian Hone}' -Creeper, . . 373 



Red Cardinal and Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, 380 

 Brambling, .... 384 



<Htril Finch, Snow-Finch, and Lesser 



Redpoll, ..... -386 

 Desert-Finch, . . . .389 



Group of Sparrows, . . .391 



.Serin and Red-Fronted Finches, . . 395 



The Canary, . . . .396 



Scarlet and Siberian Grosbeaks, . . 398 



The Bullfinch, . . . .400 



Lapland Bunting, .... 407 

 Ortolan and Black-Headed Buntings, . 410 

 Cirl Bunting and Meadow-Bunting, . 413 

 The Sparrow-Bunting, . . .415 



Yellow Bunting, . . . . 416 



Skylark, Woodlark, and Crested Lark . 418 

 Finch-Lark and Desert-Lark, . . 422 



Black, White-Winged, and Short-Toed 



Larks, . ... 423 



Calandra Lark, .... 424 

 Horned Lark, .... 426 

 The White Wagtail, . . . 429 



Yellow-Headed and Blue-Headed Wag- 

 tails, and Meadow- Pipit, . .431 

 Group of Pipits, .... 434 

 The Tree-Creeper, .... 436 

 The Wall-Creeper, . . .437 

 Nuthatch, ..... 439 

 Honey- Eater or Parson Bird, . . 442 



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Metallic Sun-Bird, . . .445 



Long- Tailed Tit, . . . .453 



Shrike-Tit, . . . .457 



Great Grey and Red-Backed Shrikes, . 458 

 Lesser Grey Shrike, . . . 460 



Woodchat, Masked, and Hooded Shrikes, 462 

 Indian Scarlet Minivet, . . . 463 



Bohemian Wax wing, . . . 465 



A Flock of Waxwings, . . . 466 



A Pair of Rock-Thrushes, . . .471 



Song- Thrush and Ring-Ouzel, . . 472 



The Fiejflfare, . . . .474 



Blackbird and Sparrow-Hawk, . . 475 



Rock-Thrush, . . . .477 



Wheatear, Whinchat, and Stonecliat, . 480 

 Redbreast and Redstart, . . .483 



Blue - Throated and Ruby - Throated 



Warblers, . . . .485 



The Redbreast, . . . .487 



The Nightingale, .... 488 

 Malacca Dhyal Bird, . . .490 



Lesser and Common Whitethroat, . 492 



Rufous and Orphean Warblers, . . 494 



Barred and Garden Warblers and Black- 

 cap, ..... 495 

 Icterine Warbler, . . . .497 

 Reed Warbler, . . . .498 

 Grasshopper, River, and Savi's Warblers, . 500 

 Sedge, Cetti's, and Fan-Tail Warblers, . 501 

 Pheasant-Tailed Warbler, . . .502 

 Hedge-Sparrow and Alpine Accentor, . 503 

 Yellow-Browed Warbler, Firecrest, and 



Goldcrest, . . . .505 



Black-Throated Green Warbler, . . 507 



Wrens and their Nest, . . . 509 



Mocking-Bird, . . . .511 



Abyssinian Babbler, . . .512 



Gold -Fronted Green Bulbul and Red- 

 Billed Liothrix, . . . .513 

 Palestine and White-Necked Bulbuls, . 514 

 Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, . . 516 

 White-Collared and Red-Breasted Fly- 

 catchers, . . . . .518 

 Chimney-Swallow and House-Martin, . 522 

 Red-Rumped Swallow and Crag-Martin, . 523 

 Sand-Martin and Purple Martin, . . 525 

 King -Bird and Bienteveo Tyrant Fly- 

 catcher, ..... 528 

 The Fire-Eye, .... 529 

 Umbrella-Bird, . . . .531 

 Naked-Throated Bell-Bird, . , 532 

 Banded Cotinga, .... 533 

 Common Manakin. . . 534 

 Cock of the Rock, . . . .535 



