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ORDER III. PASSERIFORMES THE PERCHING BIRDS. 

 CHAPTER I. 



GROWS. PAGE 



Order of Perchin<* Birds largest of all Orders Chief Distinguishing Features Two Great Sections of Passerine 

 Birds Distribution- SECTION A CR OMYODI Classification by Wing Sub-order TURDIFORMES THE 

 CROWS Distribution THE COMMON ROOK Appearance Young Rook Bare Face Distribution Breeding 

 Habits Attachment to Nesting-places, or ' ' Rookeries "Is it a Useful Bird ? Its Vigorous Appetite 

 THE TRUE RAVENS Distribution THE COMMON RAVEN Ravens of the Old and New World Distribution 

 Habits His After-Dinner Talk THE COMMON JACKDAW Social Character Cleverness Appearance Habitat 

 Curious instance of Daubing its Eggs THE HOODED CROW Distribution A: Migration Heligoland and its 

 Inhabitants THE CARRION CROW Distribution Inter-breeding with the Hooded Crow Mr. Lumsden's Note 

 on the Subject Mr. Seebohm's Note on the Birds in Eastern Siberia Habits THE INDIAN GREY-NECKED CROW 

 Captain Vincent Legge's Account of its Habits THE COMMON MAGPIE Mischievous Habits Familiarity 

 Instances of Nesting in Gooseberry Bushes Appearance THE TREE PIES THE INDIAN TREE PIE THE 

 COMMON JAY Its Bad Character As a Pet Appearance THE BLUE JAYS THE COMMON BLUE JAYS THE 

 LONG-TAILED BLUE JAYS THE BARE-NECKED CROW THE HUIA, OR NEW ZEALAND WOOD CROW Curious 

 Form Dr. Buller's Account Its Habitat Rarity Disposition How Specimens were Caught Diet How they 

 Searched for Food Second Sub-family of the Crows Choughs . . 1 



CHAPTER II. 



BIRDS OF PARADISE ORIOLES DRONGOS WOOD SHRIKES CUCKOO SHRIKES FLYCATCHERS. 



THE BIRDS OF PARADISE Variety of Plumage Gaudily dressed Crows Points in -which they Differ from the 

 Crows Two Sub-familiesMr. Wallace's Account of their Habits Their History The Great Bird of Paradise 

 The Smaller Bird of Paradise Dr. Beccari on the Birds of Paradise of the Arfaks THE ORIOLES THE 

 GOLDEN ORIOLE Mr. Dresser's Description of its Habits Size and Colour THE DRONGOS Distinctive 

 Features The Marquis of Tweeddale's Definition of the Family THE WOOD SHRIKES Mr. Gould's Account 

 of the Pied Grallina THE COMMON WOOD SHRIKE THE CUCKOO SHRIKES Habitat Appearance Mr. 

 Gould on the Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike Dr. Jerdon on the Common Indian Species THE FLYCATCHERS 

 Characters THE COMMON FLYCATCHER Habits THE FANTAILS Mr. Gould's Account of the White-shafted 

 Fantail and the Black Fantail THE PARADISE FLYCATCHERS THE RESTLESS FLYCATCHER . . . . .21 



CHAPTER III. 



THE TRUE THRUSHES THE WARBLERS THE BABBLING THRUSHES THE WRENS THE BULBULS THE BABBLERS THE 



GRASS WARBLERS THE AMERICAN WARBLERS THE BUTCHER BIRDS THE GREENLETS THE TITMICE. 



THE THRUSHES Arrangement First Sub-family THE THRUSHES PROPER Plumage of Young Moulting of 

 Adults THE TRUE THRUSHES Distribution THE SONG THRUSH Migration How the Heligolanders Catch 

 them Plans of Capture in Italy Macgillivray's Description of the Bird in the Hebrides Its Wonderful Song Its 

 Distribution Flight Food Pairing Nest Plumage THE BLACKBIRD Macgillivray's Account of its Habits, 

 Food, Flight, Pairing, and Song Mr. Weir's Conjecture as to the Language of Birds' Song Plumage THE 

 WARBLERS Plumage of Young and Adult THE COMMON NIGHTINGALE Mr. Dresser's Account of the Species 

 Disposition Song Food Habits THE BABBLING THRUSHES Characters THE WRENS THE COMMON 

 WREN Professor Newton's Description of the Hunting of the Wren The Wren's Nest, as Described by Mr. 

 Macgillivray Colour and Size of Bird THE BULBULS Characters Where Found Dr. Jerdon on the Madras 

 Bulbul Captain Legge's Account of the Habits of the Species THE TRUE BABBLERS THE BUSH BABBLERS 

 Canon Tristram's Description of their Habits THE BOWER BIRDS THE REGENT BIRD Mr. Gould on its Habits 

 Its "Bower" described THE GRASS WARBLERS THE COMMON FANTAIL WARBLER Its Nest How it is Con- 

 structedCaptain Legge's and Mr. Hume's Notes on the Subject Habits of the African Species Colour and Size 

 of the Bird THE TAILOR BIRD Distribution Call Nest THE AMERICAN BABBLERS THE THRASHERS 

 Characters The Brown Thrasher Habits Song Disposition Nest THE MOCKING BIRDS Audubon's 

 Account of the Bird His Love-Song His Devotion to his Mate The Young Birds Nest Eggs Their Chief 

 Enemies Flight Call THE SHRIKES, OR BUTCHER BIRDS Distinctive Features The Great Grey 

 Shrike " Shrike's Larder "Pertinacity in the Chase Harsh Note Colour and Size-THE GREENLETS 

 Mr. Gosse on the Jamaican Species Their Peculiar Call THE TITMICE Characters Sub-families THE 

 GREAT TITMOUSE, OR OX-EYE Its Note Its Nest Colour and Size The Long-tailed Titmouse Their 

 Beautiful Nest Colour and Size THE NUTHATCHES Peculiar Nest Habits Size and Colour . 35 



CHAPTER IV. 



CREEPERS HONEY-EATERS PIPITS AND WAGTAILS THE AMERICAN CREEPERS THE AMERICAN WARBLERS, 



THE CREEPERS Small Order Characteristics THE COMMON CREEPER Its Call- note Macgillivray's Account of 

 its Habits Nest and Eggs THE HONEY-EATERS Distinctive Features THE TRUE HONEY-EATERS THE 

 WARTY-FACED HONEY-EATER Mr. Gould's Description of the Species THE SUN-BIRDS Distribution Mr. 

 Keulemans' Account of their Habits Canon Tristram on the Jericho Sun-bird THE SECOND SUB- 

 ORDER OF THE PASSERIFORMES THE FRINGILLIFORMES, OR FINCH-LIKE BIRDS 

 Distinctive Features WAGTAILS AND PIPITS - Characteristics THE PIED WAGTAIL Essentially English 

 Bird- -Victimised by Cuckoos Macgillivray's Account of the Wagtail's Habits Story of a Season Ticket THE 

 AMERICAN CREEPERS Difference between the Creepers of the Old and of the New World THE BANANA 

 QUIT THE AMERICAN WARBLERS Compared with their Old World Cousins THE SUMMER YELLOW BIRD Dr. 

 Brewer's Account of its Habits , 71 



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