LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLOURED PLATES 



GOLDEN EAGLE, . 



HOOPOES, .... 



KARA PARROTS. . 



MACAWS, .... 



FRIGATE AND TROPIC-BIRDS, 



WILD DUCK, 



GOLDEN PHEASANTS, 



FLORICAN AND MACQUEEN'S BUSTARD, 



EAST AFRICAN BALEARIC CRANE, 



NIGHT HERON AND BOATBILL, . 



GIANT PENGUINS, 



OSTRICHES, 



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THE HOME or THE OIL-BIRD, . 



BANKSIAN AND SLENDER-BILLED COCKATOOS, 



OSPREY AND YOUNG, 



THE GREENLAND FALCON, 



WHITE- TAILED SEA-EAGLES, 



GROUP OF HARRIERS, 



GROUP OF EUROPEAN VULTURES, 



CHINESE PHEASANTS IN COVERT, 



GROUP OF BRITISH GULLS AND TERNS, 



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Golden Cuckoo, 

 Great Spotted Cuckoo, 

 Common Cuckoo, . 

 Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, 

 Indian Koel, 

 Egyptian Coucal, . 

 The Eoad-Eunner, 

 Green-Billed Malkolia, 

 Giant Plantain-Eater, 

 Male and Female Quezal. . 

 Narina Trogon, 

 Long- Tailed Coly, . 



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Chimborazan Hill-Star, . . .22 



Humming-Bird and Nest, . . .24 



Jamaica Humming-Bird, . 26 



Pretre's Hermit, . . . .29 



Guiana King Humming-Bird, . . 31 



Eacket-Tailed Humming-Bird, . . 33 



Tufted Coquette, . . . .34 



Common and Alpine Swifts, . . 36 

 Long- Winged Tree-Swift, ... 40 



Common and Eed-Necked Nightjars, . 42 



Virginian Nightjar, . . .43 



Standard- Winged Nightjar, . . 44 



