XII 



CONTENTS. 



Crows 



Eook 502 



Jackdaw 502 



Magpies 507 



Common 508 



Brazilian 509 



Chinese 509 



Jays * 509 



Nut-cracker 510 



Rollers 511 



Starlings 512 



Common 513 



Sardinian 513 



Baltimore Oriole 514 



Beef-eater 514 



Crossbill 515 



Grosbeak 516 



Bullfinch 517 



Siskin 517 



House Sparrow 518 



Goldfinch 519 



Linnets 519 



Chaffinch 520 



Canary 521 



Widow Bird . . 523 



Java Sparrow 523 



Weaver Birds 523 



Republican 524 



Buntings 524 



Reed 525 



CM 526 



Ortolan 526 



Snow 527 



Tits 527 



Great 528 



Long-tailed 528 



Larks 529 



Crested Lark 531 



Fissirostres : 



Swallow 531 



Salangane 537 



Goatsuckers 538 



Night-jar 540 



Guacharos 541 



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 Dentirostres : 



Manakins 542 



Cock of the Rock 542 



Warblers 542 



Nightingale 543 



Sedge Warbler 545 



Night Warbler 545 



La Fauvette Couturiere . . . .546 



Garden 547 



Robin 547 



Wrens 547 



Golden-crested 548 



European 548 



Wood 548 



Stone Chat 549 



Wagtails 550 



Pied 551 



Quaketail 551 



Pipits 552 



Lyretail 552 



Orioles 553 



Golden 553 



Mino 554 



Honey-sucker 555 



Ouzel, Rose-coloured 555 



Water 556 



Solitary Thrush 556 



Blackbird, Common 557 



Ringed 559 



Solitary 559 



Thrush, Polyglot 559 



Song 560 



Redwing 561 



Tanagers 561 



Drongos 562 



Cotingas 563 



Caterpillar-eater 563 



Chatterers 564 



Fly-catchers 565 



Tyrants 567 



Cephalopterus ornatus 567 



Shrikes 568 



Vangas 571 



Cassicus . - 571 



CHAPTER VIII. 



RAPTORES, OR BIRDS OF PREY. 



Nocturnal : 



Horned Owls 576 



Great 576 



Virginian 579 



Short-eared 579 



Ketupu 581 



Scops 581 



Hornless Owls 583 



Sparrow 583 



Small Sparrow 584 



Hornless Owls 



Pampas Sparrow 584 



Burrowing 585 



Tawny 585 



Barn 585 



Canada 588 



Hawk 589 



White 589 



Caparacoch 590 



Harfang 590 



