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List of Plates and Illustrations.



LIST OF PLATES.



* Denotes Coloured Plates.


*Black-tliroated Lorikeet ..


The Regent Bird (adult male)


Short-eared Owl ..


*Trichoglossjts johnstonice ..


Quail-catching in Uganda

Dartford Warbler ^


Redshank on Nest 1


New Aviary in the Dublin Zoological Gardens



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51


72


83


119


133


163



(View showing passage through aviary) 164


(View from inside) 164



Sarcops calvus .. .. .. .. .. .. 191


Square-tailed Kite .. .. .. .. .. 195


^Greater Pin-tailed Sandgrouse .. .. .. .. 219


A Guacharo Cave.. .. .. .. .. .. 236


*Calopelia puella .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 r


Mrs. Gregory and her Cranes .. .. .. .. 263


Indian House Crow .. .. .. .. .. 269


Young of Sacred Ibis .. .. ... .. .. 275


Nest of the Tufted Duck.. .. .. .. .. 281


*Violet-eared Waxbill .. .. .. .. .. 295


Turtur decaocta xanthocyclus .


Turtur decaocta douraca f


Nest of the Black Tanager .. .. .. .. 331


Bivouac on Itaparica .. .. .. .. .. 338


*Hybrid Grassfinch .. .. .. .. .. 345



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.



FAQ re


Top of head of young Regent Bird .. .. .. 127


Ortygospiza poly zona .. .. .. .. .. J 7 1


(Ena capensis .. .. .. .. .. • • ^99


Sporopipes squamifrons .. .. .. .. •- 224


Tympanistria iympanistn'a .. .. .. .. 308


Feathers of Red-headed Finch .. .. .. .. 387



