x ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING PAGE 



LYRE-BIRDS (MALE AND FEMALE) ... 54 



IMPERIAL WOODPECKERS . . . -55 



BOURU FRIAR-BIRD ...... 82 



BOURU ORIOLE, SHOWING RESEMBLANCE TO FRIAR- 

 BIRD .83 



YOUNG HOATZIN . . . . . *3 2 



BRUSH-TURKEY 133 



OVEN-BIRD .133 



CONCAVE-CASQUED HORNBILL . . . .170 



BRAZILIAN HANG-NEST I? 1 



TYPES OF PENSILE NESTS 180 



NEST OF CENTRAL-AMERICAN SWIFT . . .181 



GuACHAROS AND NEST . . . .184 



FLAMINGO ON ITS NEST . . . . .185 



SwiFTLETS AND THEIR NESTS . . . .185 



HAWK-CUCKOO OR " BRAIN-FEVER BIRD " . . 194 



SHIKRA HAWK . . . . *95 



AMERICAN KING-BIRD . . . . . 278 



KING-CROW 279 



AFRICAN JA9ANA . . . . . 296 



CUBAN TROGON 297 



GARDENER BOWER-BIRD WITH ITS BOWER . . 310 



NEWTON'S BOWER-BIRD 3 11 



HYBRID BETWEEN GOLDEN PHEASANT AND FOWL . 330 



HERRING GULLS 33 l 



