CONTENTS. 



PART I— BIRDS. 



CHAPTER I. Pttga 



General Observations on the Volatile Race — Structure of Birds — 

 Carnivorous Birds — Migration of Birds, 13 



CHAPTER II. 

 The Ostrich— The Cassowary— The Dodo, 18 



CHAPTER III. 



Birds of the Rapacious Kinds — The Golden Eagle and its Affinities 

 — Condor — Vulture — Falcon — Kite — Buzzard — Birds of the Owl 

 Kind— General Remarks— The White Owl— Screech Owl, . . 22 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Gallinaceous or Poultry Kind— General Remarks— The Cock 

 — Turkey — Pintada — Peacock, its first exhibition at Athens — 

 Pheasant— Bustard — Grouse— Cock of the Wood— Partridge- 

 Quail, 33 



CHAPTER V. 



Birds of the Pie Kind— The Raven, the Rook, and the Carrion Crow 

 — Magpie — Jay — Kingfisher — Cuckoo — Woodpecker — Toucan, 45 



CHAPTER VI. 



The Pie Kind continued — The Parrot, and its Varieties — Bird of 

 Paradise, and its Varieties — Pigeon and its Affinities, .... 51 



CHAPTER VII. 



Birds of the Sparrow Kind — General Remarks — The Thrush — 

 Fieldfare — Redwing — Blackbird — Finches — Bullfinch— Ortolan 

 —Goldfinch— Canary Bird, 56 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Warblers— The Lark— Nightingale— Redbreast — Swallow— Mock- 

 bird of America — Humming-Bird and its Varieties, .... 59 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Water-fowl of the Crane Kind— Distinguishing Characteristics and 

 General Remarks — The Common Crane — Heron — Bittern — 

 Stork, 65 



