LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Birds of Paradise Frontispiece. 



The Magpie 1 



Head of Rook ..... 



The Common Rook 3 



The Common Raven .5 



The Common Jackdaw ...... 7 



The Hooded Crow 8 



The Nutcracker 12 



The Common Jay ....... 15 



The Bare-necked Crow 17 



The Huia, or New Zealand Wood Crow . . .18 



The Chough 20 



The Twelve- wired Bird of Paradise . . .22 



Gorgeted Bird of Paradise 24 



The Golden Oriole 26 



The Pied Grallina 28 



The Helmet Shrike 30 



Paradise Flycatchers 33 



The Song Thrush ....... 38 



The Redwing 40 



The Blackbird 41 



The Common Nightingale 45 



The Common Wren . . . . . .48 



The Regent Bird 52 



The Satin Bower Bird 53 



The Tailor Bird 57 



The Mocking Bird 61 



The Great Grey Shrike . . . To face page 64 

 European Titmice, with Nuthatch and Goldcrests . 68 



The Common Nuthatch 69 



The Common Creeper . . . . . . 11 



The Wattled Honey-eater 74 



The Jericho Sun-bird 76 



Wing of Pipit, showing the Long Secondaries . 77 



The White Wagtail 80 



The Australian Flower-pecker, or Swallow Dicseum 85 

 The Bohemian Waxwing . . ... 88 

 Sternum of Swallow and of Swift . . . .90 



The Martin 92 



The Common Swallow . . . . . .93 



Bill of Finch and of Bunting . ... 95 



The Chaffinch 96 



Siskin, Bullfinch, and Goldfinch . . . .97 



The White-winged Crossbill 98 



The Cow-bird 100 



The Baltimore Oriole . . . To face page 100 

 The Baya Weaver Bird . . . To face page 101 

 Section of Nest of Weaver Bird . . . .101 



The Common Starling 104 



The African Beef-eater . . . . . .105 



The Skylark 108 



The Lyre Bird 110 



The Bush Wren 112 



The Oven Bird 113 



The Kingbird 116 



The Cock of the Rock 117 



The Umbrella Bird .118 



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TheBroadbill 119 



The Plant-cutter 120 



The Dodo 122 



The Solitaire 123 



The Ring Dove, or Wood Pigeon . . . .124 



The Passenger Pigeon 125 



The Bronze-wing 126 



The Victoria Crowned Pigeon . . . .127 



The Crested Curassow 129 



The Argus Pheasant 132 



The Common Pheasant . . . To face page 133 



The Peacock Pheasant 133 



The Monaul, or Impeyan Pheasant . . . 136 



The Guinea Fowl 137 



The Ocellated Turkey 138 



The Capercailzie 140 



The Ptarmigan in Summer Plumage . . . 142 

 The Ptarmigan in Winter Plumage . . . 143 



The Californian Quail 145 



The Common Partridge ...... 146 



The Partridge and the Common Quail . . .148 

 TheMaleo; Australian Megapode ; Brush Turkey 151 



Brush Turkeys at Work 153 



TheJacana 157 



The Corn-Crake, or Land Rail . . . .158 



Foot of Coot 160 



The Coot 161 



Wing of Snipe .162 



The Common Snipe . . . . . .163 



The Curlew 164 



Ruffs Fighting 165 



TheAvocet 167 



The Lapwing 169 



The Thick-knee, or Stone Curlew . . . .172 



The Great Bustard 173 



Demoiselle, Crowned, and Common Cranes . .177 



The Great White Heron 179 



The Purple Heron 180 



The Night Heron 181 



The Lesser Egret 183 



The Shoe-billed Stork . . . . .185 

 Adjutants . . . . . To face page 187 



The White Stork 187 



The Spoonbill 188 



The Sacred Ibis 189 



The Flamingo 191 



The Black Swan 192 



The Summer or Wood Duck ..,. 193 



The Frigate Bird 196 



The Tropic Bird 197 



The Darter, or Snake-neck 192 



The Cormorant ....... 200 



The Pelican 202 



The Skua 208 



The Stormy Petrel ....... 209 



The Albatross ... 3 ... 213 

 The Ringed Guillemot ...... 216 



