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CHAPTER IV. Cuneirostral continued. Woodpecker 

 Tame one. Wryneck Tongue of. Levirostral; 

 Light-billed. Parrots. Toucan. Gallinaceous 

 ^Poultry Tribe. Pigeons, American Prodigious 

 numbers of Rapid flight Employed as messengers 

 Mode of catching Attachments of. Cocks. 

 Pheasants Courage of. On breeding Pheasants 

 Box for feeding Prized by Ancients. Turkeys, 

 Wild Social habits of. Partridges, tamed Nests 

 of Various sorts of. Q,uails Immense flights of. 

 Bustards. Ostrich Nests of Affection Hunt- 

 ing Strength of. Cassowary and Emu . . 80 



CHAPTER V. Water-Birds. Waders. Pressirostral 

 Narrow-beaked. Water-Hens. Anecdotes of 

 Nests of. Coots Nests of. Jacanas Singular 

 foot of. Horned Screamers. Rails. Oyster- 

 Catchers Tamed. Cultirostra Cutting-billed. 

 Herons Toothed-claw of Voracity of. Storks 

 and Cranes Migrations of Respect paid to. 

 Gigantic Crane Particulars respecting. Jabiru. 

 Anastomus Open-beaked. Tantalus . . .110 



CHAPTER VI. Latirostral Flat-beaked. Boat-bill. 

 Spoon-Bill. Flamingo Mode of feeding Nest of 

 Watchful habits. Tenuirostral, or Longirostral 

 Long, slender-billed Birds. Avoset Sand-Pipers. 

 Dotterel Preservation of its Young. Dunlin's 

 Nest and Eggs. Plover Mode of catching. Ibis 

 Mummies of Why held sacred . . . .145 



CHAPTER VII. Palmipedes Web-footed Serrated or 

 Tooth-billed. Geese Flocks of How managed 

 Plucking. Singular attachment Sagacity Cou- 

 rage of. Tree Geese. Swans Muscular strength 

 Courage. Black Swans. Trade in Swan-quills . 171 



