CONTENTS 



CHAPTER III 



The Crudest Nest- Forms 



Apparent development of nest-building art— Illustrated by nest of Bull- 

 finch—By nests of Crows— By nests of "Willow Wrens "—Import- 

 ance of nesting conditions— The most skilful nest-builders— Crud« 

 nest-forms of Ratitae Birds— Nidification of the Ostrich— Of 

 the Falcons— Of certain Owls— Of the Coraciiformes— Of the 

 Psittaciformes— Of the Cuculiformes— Of certain Cuckoos— Of the 

 Columbiformes— Peculiarity in nests of Pigeons— Of certain Tyrant 

 Birds— Of the Pediophli or Sand Grouse— Of the Game Birds or 

 Galliformes — Similarity of architecture in this order — Nests of the 

 Charadriiformes — Of the Bustards — Of the Oystercatchers — Of the 

 Stilts— Of the Woodcocks— Of the Jacanas— Of the Crab Plover- 

 Crude nest-forms of the Divers — Of the Penguins — Of the Procel- 

 lariiformes — Of the Lariformes — Nests of the Noddy Tern — Of the 

 Skuas— Of the typical Gulls— Of the Black-headed Gull— Of the 

 Ducks and allied Birds — Of the Mergansers — Uses of down in these 

 Nests — Number of crude nest-builders — The State of the young when 

 hatched ......... 



CHAPTER IV 



Concealed or Covered Nests 



Nests made in earth tunnels — Sand Martins— Tunnel-boring Wood 

 Hewers — Nest of Sclerurus umbretta — Of the Kingfishers — Of the 

 Jacamars, Todys and Bee-eaters — Of certain Parrakeets — Of the 

 Burrowing Owl — Of the Puffins — Of the Petrels — Stormy Petrel — 

 Fork-tailed Petrel— Spectacled Petrel— Of the Whale Birds— Of the 

 Shearwaters— Cave-building Birds— The Jackdaw— The Choughs— 

 The Rock Dove— The Shag— Cock of the rock— Oil Bird— Edible 

 Swifts — Alpine Swift — Cave-building Swallows — Nests under stones 

 and in holes and fissures of rocks— Various Petrels— Little Auk- 

 Horned Puffin— Little Owl— Certain Parrots— Various Chats— Red- 

 starts and Accentors— Wall Creeper— Rose-coloured Starling- 

 Buntings and Swallows and Pipits— Timber-building Birds— Wood- 

 peckers and Wrynecks — Hornbills— Toucans and Trogons — Barbets 

 and Honey Guides — Parrots — Certain Cockatoos — Hoopoes— Rollers 

 — Titmice — Nuthatches — Certain Flycatchers — Sparrows — Nest of 

 Phylloscopus occipitalis— Scops Owl— Certain Ducks— Nests in 

 holes, in banks, or under tussocks of vegetation— Robins and 

 Buntings— Twite and Ring Ousel— Mound Birds— The Philosophy 

 of Concealed Nests ....... 



