xii. List of Plates.



LIST OF PLATES



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* Coloured Plates.


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*Quails of the Genus Cotumix .. .. .. .. 23


Interior of one of the Rev. H. D. Astley's aviaries .. 46


*White-bellied Plumed-Dove. Lophophaps leucogaster, S 51


The Great Crested Grebe . . ft . . . . 65

Mob of Jackass Penguins ^

Young Jackass Penguin and Sacred Ibis )


*Lear's Macaw, Anodorhynchus leari .. .. . . m


Beruacle Geese, Zoological Gardens, Dublin . . . . 132


Pair of Blue Knorhaan, Otis ccsrulescens .. .. .. 139


Virgin Forest, Mayotte


Abbott's Ibis on Aldabra Island j ^4


*Pair of Shanias, Cittocincla tricolor . . .. .. 163


Buff Laughing Kingfisher, Dacelo cervina .. .. 172


Munia flaviprymna and M. castaneithorax .. . , 195


Nest of Serinus angolensis in box . . . . . . 198


The New Bird House, Zoological Society's Gardens . . 205


Australian Crested Pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes \


Bronze-winged Pigeon, Phaps chalcoptera ' °


*Coininon Hangnest (Subsp. ?) Icterus vulgaris {limoneus) .. 225


Outdoor Aviary at Benhaui Park.. .. .. .. 231


Mandarin Drake, showing plumage when in repose ^

,, ,, , difference in plumage under emotion }


Kagu, with crest erect . . . . . . . . . . 257


The Kagu .. .. .. .. .. .. 258


Sketches of Humming Birds at the Zoo .- .. .. 285


Partridge Hronze-wiug Pigeon, Geophaps saipta .. .. 292


*The Grey Teal, Querquedula versicolor .. .. .. 315


Australian " Native Companion " Cranes at Benhaui Park 347


Greater Bird of Paradise, Paradisea apoda .. .. .. 364


Egg of the Greater Bird of Paradise .. .. .. 365


Crested Guinea-fowl from Uganda .. .. .. 367



