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CONTENTS. 



VOLUME II. 



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 CHAPTER I. Passerine Order continued. Conirostras; 



Conical Beaks. Orioles. Starlings. Habits of. 



Finch Tribe. Goldfinch. Anecdotes of. Nests 

 rapidly completed. Curious Nests in Africa. Age 

 of small Birds. Canary Birds. Trade in. Bull- 

 finches, Piping. How trained. Boldness of. Af- 

 fectionate and social Habits of. Also of Linnets. 

 Use of small Birds in destroying Insects . . 1 



CHAPTER II. Subulirostres ; Awl-shaped Bills. Mana- 

 kins ; curious Nests of. Tomtits. Wagtails 

 Redstarts. Robins, &c. Migration of this Tribe. 



Nightingales. Whether they return to same 

 Nests. Ear for Music. Night Singing-Birds. 

 Planirostres; Flat-billed. Swallow Tribe. -Whe- 

 ther occasionally Dormant ; instances of. Migration 

 of. Insects, number devoured by Swallows. 

 Spiders, high Flights of. Curious Nests of Swal- 

 lows. Courage of ...... 28 



CHAPTER III. Swallows' Nests continued. Edible 

 Nests, East Indies. Goat-suckers. Mode of seiz- 

 ing Moths. Cavern, with their Nests, described. 

 Tenuirostres ; Narrow-billed. Nuthatch. Tree- 

 Creeper. Bee-Eater. Hoopoe. Kingfisher. 

 Humming Birds. Climbing Birds. Cuneirostres ; 

 Wedge-billed. Jacamar. Anis. Cuckoo. Anec- 

 dotes and Habits of ...... 55 



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