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CHAPTER V 

 Open Nests 



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Open Nests a widely prevailing type — Nests of certain Geese — Nest of 

 the Screamer — Nests of Curassows, Guans and the Hoatzin — Of 

 Bonaparte's Gull — Classification of "Open" Nests — Nests of the 

 Albatrosses — Of the Herons and Bitterns — Of the Spoonbills and 

 Ibises — Of the Storks — Nests of the Pelecaniformes — Of the 

 Gannets — Of the Cormorants— Of the Darters — Of the Pelicans — 

 Of the Frigate Birds— Of the Flamingoes— Of the Cranes— Of 

 the Rails and Finfoots — Nests of various Falconiformes — Of the 

 Vultures — Of certain Eagles — Of the Kites — Of the Hawks and 

 Harriers — Of the Ospreys — Nests of the Humming Birds — Of 

 certain Swifts— Of the Colies— Nests of the Passeriformes— Of 

 Crows and allied Birds— Of the Birds of Paradise— Of the Drongos 

 —Of the Orioles— Open Nest of a Hangnest— Of the Tanagers— 

 Of the Finches and allied Birds— Of the Larks— Of the Wagtails 

 and Pipits — Of the American Wood Warblers — Of the Honey-eaters 

 —Of the White-eyes— Of certain Flower-peckers— Of the Goldcrests 

 — Of the Bearded Titmouse — Of the Shrikes — Of the Waxwings — 

 Of the Vireos— Of the Thrushes— Of the Whinchat— Of the Warblers 

 —Of the Mocking Birds— Of the Timeliidae— Of the Tailor Birds 

 —Of the Laughing Thrushes— Of the Bulbuls— Of the Cuckoo 

 Shrikes — Of certain Flycatchers — Of certain Swallows — Of the 

 Tyrant Birds— Of the Chatterers— Of the Ant Thrushes— Of the 

 Pteroptochidae— General Remarks on the Open or Cup-shaped Type 

 of Nest— Mimicry in Nest-building . . . . .135 



CHAPTER VI 

 Domed and Roofed Nests 



Nest of the Hammer-head— Domed Nests of the Rails— Of certain Swifts 

 —Of various Parrots— Of the Lark-heeled Cuckoos— Nests of the 

 Broad-bills— Of the Lyre Birds— Domed type a dominant one in the 

 Order Passeriformes— Of the Magpies— Of certain Starlings— Of the 

 Meadow Starling — Of the Weaver Birds— Domed Nests of certain 

 Tanagers — Of the Sugar Birds — Of certain Sparrows — Other domed- 

 building Finches— Of the Bush Larks— Of certain American Wood 

 Warblers — Of the Sun Birds — Nests of the Sun Birds resembling 

 those of the Social Spiders — Nests of the Flower-peckers — Of certain 

 Titmice— Of the American Bush Tits— Of the Hill Tits— Of the 

 Rock Nuthatches— Of the "Palm Sparrow"— Of the Willow 

 Warblers— Of the Fantail Warblers— Of the Dippers— Of Origma 

 rubricata— Of the Wrens— Of the Timeliidae— Of various Pomato- 

 rhini- Of various species of Pellorneum— Triple types of Nest— 



