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The Gos-Hawk Sparrow-Hawk Kite Harriers 339 



OWLS. Their Flight Difference in Size 340 



Habits of the White Owl The Eagle Owl 341 



OUDER II. INSESSORES PERCHING BIRDS 342 



Meaning of the Term Mechanism by which Birds are 



enabled to Perch , 342 



Division of the Order into Four Tribes 34,4 



THIBE I. DENTIROSTRES TOOTH-BILLED BIRDS .-, 344 



Butcher Birds Water Ouzel Missel Thrush 345 



Robin Red-breast Habits Nests in Strange Situations... 346 



Nightingale Distribution Song Humming- Birds 348 



TRIBE II. CONIROSTRES CONICAL-BILLED BIRDS 349 



The Sky-Lark Buntings Sparrows Linnets Cross-bill 350 



The Starling Its Migratory Habits Large Flocks 352 



Birds of Paradise Fables respecting them , 353 



The Raven Hooded Crows Rooks Nest-building 354 



Are Rooks Useful or Injurious to the Farmer? 356 



Magpie Jackdaw Jay Horn-Bills 356 



TRIBE III. SCANSORES CLIMBING BIRDS 357 



Parrots Woodpecker Structure of the Tongue 357 



The CuckooIts Habits Its Cheerful Note 359 



TRIBE IV. FISSIROSTRES GAPING-BILLED BIRDS 360 



The King-fisher Fables respecting it 360 



The Goatsucker The Swallow 361 



House Martins Their Punishment of an Intruder Sand- 

 MartinSwift 362 



ORDER III. RASORES SCRAPING-BIRDS 363 



Meaning of the Term Native Species arranged in Four 



Families 363 



I DOVES Wood-Pigeon Its Large Flocks Food 364 



Carrier-Pigeon Rapidity of its Flight Passenger- Pigeon 



Its immense Flocks 365 



II PHEASANTS. Common Pheasant 365 



HI THE GROUSE. Red Grouse Black Grouse 366 



Ptarmigan Its Change of Colour Partridge Quails 



Their Numbers 366 



, The Capercaillie IV. Bustards 367 



