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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Lammergeier and Nest, . . . 252 



Biippell's Vulture, .... 258 

 Pondicherry Vultures Gorging, . . 260 



Pileated Vulture, . .262 



Secretary Vulture, . . . 264 



Condors Flocking to a Dead Guanaco, . 267 

 Male and Female Condors, . . 268 



Gauchos Lassoing Condors, . . 269 



King Vulture, . . . .271 



American Black Vulture . . .272 



Group of Turkey Vultures, . . 274 



Foot of Pelican, . . . .276 



Common Cormorant, . . .277 



Cormorants Feeding their Young, . 279 



African Darter, . . . .281 



Common. Gannet, .... 283 

 European Pelican, .... 285 

 Storks Assembling for Migration, . 289 



Cannon-Bone of Wood-Stork, . . 290 



Furcula of Heron, .... 290 

 Goliath Heron in Breeding Plumage, . 292 

 Grey Herons and their Nest, . . 293 



Great White Heron, . . .295 



Little Egret, .... 297 



Common Bittern in Various Postures, . 300 

 Boat-Billed Heron, . . 302 



Hammer-Heads and their Nest, . . 305 



Furcula of Stork, .... 307 

 White Stork, . . . .308 



White-Bellied Stork, . . .310 



African Adjutant, .... 312 

 West- African Wood-Stork, . .314 



Head of Bernier's Ibis, . . .316 



The Sacred Ibis, . . . .317 



White Spoonbill, .... 318 

 Tibia of Flamingo, . . .321 



European Flamingoes, . . . 322 



Cannon-Bone of Duck, . . . 324 



Spur- Winged Goose, . . . 325 



White-Fronted Goose, . . .328 



Upland Geese, .... 331 

 Egyptian Goose, .... 333 

 American Knob-Winged Goose, . . 334 



Whistling Swan, .... 33(j 

 Black Swan, .... 338 



Common Sheldrake, . . 342 



Wild Duck, .... 343 



Common Shoveller-Duck. . . . 346 



Eider- Ducks and Nest, . . . 354 



Ferruginous Stiff-Tailed Duck, . . 357 



The Goosander, .... 358 

 Hooded Merganser*, . . . 359 



Horned Screamers, . . . 361 



A Flight of Pigeons, . . . 363 



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Humerus of Sand-Grouse, Fowl, and 



Pigeon, .... 364 



Abyssinian Walia Pigeon, . . . 365 



Madagascar Wart-Pigeons, . . 368 



Nutmeg- Pigeon, .... 369 

 Rock-Dove, .... 370 



Wood-Pigeon and Stock-Dove, . .371 



Passenger Pigeon, .... 374 

 Domestic Turtle - Dove and African 



Ground-Dove, . . . 378 



Blood-Breasted Doves, . . . 381 



Blue-Bearded Cuban Doves, . . 382 



Crested and Common Bronze - Winged 



Doves,. .... 384 



Nicobar Pigeons, .... 385 

 Albertis' Crowned Pigeon, . . 386 



Tooth-Billed Pigeon, . . 387 



The Dodo, . . . . .388 



A Flock of Pin-Tailed Sand-Grouse, . 391 

 Ring-Dove on Nest, . . . 392 



Vulture-Like Guinea-Fowl on the Ground, 393 

 Ptarmigan in Winter Dress, . . 394 



Ptarmigan in Summer Dress, . . 395 



Spitzbergen Ptarmigan, . . . 397 



Willow-Grouse in Summer Dress, . 398 



Willow-Grouse in Winter Dress, . . 399 



Black-Game at Home, . . . 400 



Black-Game in the Snow. . . . 401 



Hybrid Capercaillie, . . . 402 



Prairie- Hens, .... 404 

 Ruffed Grouse, .... 405 

 French Partridges, . . . 410 



A Covey of Grey Partridges, . . 412 



Red-Crested Wood- Partridges, . . 414 



Common Quail, . . . .415 



Crimson Tragopan, . . . 418 



Mantchurian Eared Pheasant . . 422 



Horsfield's Pheasant, . . .423 



Silver Pheasant, . . . .424 



A Bouquet of Common Pheasants, . 426 



Amherst's Pheasant, . . . 428 



Argus Pheasant Displaying, , . 430 



Peacock, . . . . .432 



Crested and Common Guinea-Fowls, . 433 

 Vulture-Like Guinea-Fowl Perching . 434 

 Group of Guinea- Fowl, . . . 435 



Common Turkey, .... 435 

 Californian Quail, . . . .436 



Black- Throated Crested Quail, . .437 



Australian Brush- Turkeys, . . 439 



Celebean Maleo, . . . .440 



Crested Curassows, . . . 442 



Derbian Guan, . . . .443 



Carolina Rails, . . 446 



