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Nest and Eggs of the Black Rail .. .. .. .. " 21


Amazon Rail on his Leg Stumps .. .. .. .. 1 22


Amazon Rail .. .. .. . • • • • • • • J


An Avicultural Novelty: The Western Hooded Vulture (Neophron


monachus ).. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47


Western Hooded Vulture .. .. .. .. .. 4§


Grey Lag Geese .. .. .. .. .. .. 54


American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus Mont.) .. .. .. 58


Spoonbill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 66


Rara Avis in terris : Mr. G. E. Low’s Unique Photograph of a Running


Apteryx .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 77


Nest and Eggs of White-browed Wood-swallow (Artamus superciliosus) 81


A Pearl in an Emerald Setting: White-browed Wood-swallow on Nest 84


Black-backed Crow-shrike or “ Magpie ” piping .. .. .. 90


Snow and Sable : The White Pelicans of Oregon .. .. .. 109


Stars and Stripes : Cock Black-breasted Mexican Quail incubating .. 114


A Study in Pterylosis: Nestling Yucatan Jay, Eighteen Days Old .. 120


The Ugly Ducklings : Nestling Pelicans on Bird Island .. .. 134


Mobilis in Mobile : Cape Penguins Afloat .. .. .. 141


“ The Old Order Changeth ” : The Extinct Pigeon Hollandais and Its


Living Understudy .. .. .. .. .. .. 157


The Evolution of Feather-Patterns: Crowned Hawk-Eagle (Spizeztus


coronatus) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 162


Aviculture and Acclimatisation : Dr. J. Kerr Butter and his Domesti¬

cated Ostriches . .. .. .. .. .. 173


Aviculture and Education: Exhibition Methods at the Amsterdam


Zoological Gardens.. .. .. .. .. .. 176


Aviculture and Taxidermy : The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus coromandus


Boddaert) in the U.S. National Museum .. .. .. 192


Aviculture and Architecture : The Aviaries at Villers-Bretonneux .. 202


“Milestones”: Stages in the Growth of a Nestling Hen Harrier .. 205


“ Twilight Sleep ” : African Barn Owls Dozing .. .. .. 225


The Birth of a Nation : Puffins Breeding on the Saltee Islands .. 241


The Babes in the Wood : White-browed Wood Swallows and their


Parents .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 257


Applied Aviculture : New Guinea Pigeons in the U.S. National Museum 273


From Far Cathay: Manchurian Eared Pheasants .. .. .. 290


Toucanet at Villers-Bretonneux .. .. .. .. .. 305



