LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED IN COLORS. 



Lammergeyer 12 



Resplendent Trogon 128 



Black and White Kingfisher 134 



Linden's Helmet - Crest Humiuing- 



Bird 174 



Titmice 224 



Dipper, Wagtails and Wrens 228 



Paradise Flycatchers 258 



Baltimore Oriole 324 



Weaver Birds 332 



Group of Finches 342 



Parrots 374 



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. 480 



Partridge 



Cassowary 508 



Woodcock 57G 



Mallard Duck 602 



FULL-PAGE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. 



First Lessons in Flight 6 



Golden Eagle 28 



Osprey 36 



Cinereous, White- Tailed, or Sea- 

 Eagle 40 



Kites 48 



Jerfalcon 56 



Harriers 74 



PAfiE 



Triuidad Goat-Sucker 92 



Group of Song-Warblers 202 



The Finishing Touch 200 



Redstarts 214 



Conjugal Tenderness 240 



Ravens 286 



Starlings and Magpie 302 



Birds of Paradise 310 



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. 340 



Finches 



Early Breakfast 344 



Marauding Sparrows 346 



Group of Buntings 348 



Crossbills 362 



Nestor-Parrots 4112 



Woodpeckers 406 



Albatros 020 



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Frontispiece 1 



Title-Page (Birds) 9 



VULTURES. 



Condor 13 



King Vulture 16 



' Black Vulture IS 



Turkey Buzzard 20 



Common Arabian Vulture 21 



Group of True Vultures 22 



Pondichery Vulture 23 



Fulvous, or Griffin Vulture 24 



Egyptian Vulture 26 



EAGLES. 



Imperial Eagle 31 



Booted Eagle 32 



Martial Eagle 33 



Jean Le Blanc Eagle 34 



Crested, or Harpy Eagle 35 



Bald, or Whitc-Headed Eagle 41 



FALCONS AND HAWKS. 



Red-Throated Falcon 44 



Brazilian Kite 45 



Buzzard 46 



Rough-Legged Falcon 47 



Honey-Buzzard 48 



Kites 49 



Arabian Kite 50 



Black-Winged Falcon 51 



Mississippi Kite, and Swallow-Tailed 



Falcon 53 



Peregrine Falcon 58 



Lanner 59 



Hobby CO 



Merlin 61 



Kestrel 62 



Red-Footed Falcon b3 



Bengal Falcon 04 



Goshawk 05 



Sparrow Hawk 07 



Chanting Falcon, and Serpent Falcon 71 



Secretary Bird 72 



Vol. II. 



STRATIONS IN THE TEXT, 



OWLS. 



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76 



Hawk Owl 



Snowy Owl and Bearded Owl 77 



Coquimbo, or Burrowing Owl 78 



Little Owl 80 



Long-Eared Owl and Scops Eared 



Owl 81 



Great Owl 82 



Brown Owl 86 



Ural Owl 87 



Short-Eared Owl 89 



GOAT-SUCKERS. 



Tawny-Shouldered Podargus 94 



New Holland Goat-Sucker. 

 Great-Eared Goat-Sucker. 

 Great Ibigau 



.... 95 



.... 96 



.... 97 



European Goat-Sucker 98 



Lyre-Tailed Goat-Sucker 99 



Carolina Goat-Sucker 100 



Long-Winged Goat-Sucker 101 



Virginian Goat-Sucker 102 



SWALLOWS. 

 Klecho Swallow 100 



White-Bellied Swift and Swift 107 



Esculent Swallow's 112 



Sand Martin and Purple Swallow... 117 



Swallow and House Martin 119 



ROLLERS. 



Oriental Roller 120 



Garrulous Roller 121 



TODIES. 



Green Tody 122 



Javan Tody 123 



MOTMOT, TROGON, AND BARBET. 



Brazilian Motmot 121 



Trogon 127 



Collared Barbet 130 



KINGFISHERS. 

 Laughing Jackass 131 



Australian Kingfisher 133 



Kingfisher. 130 



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JACAMAR, AND BEE-EATERS. 



PAGB 



Green Jacamar 138 



Nubian Bee-Eater 140 



Azure-Throated Bee-Eater 141 



NEOMORPHA, AND PLUME-BIRDS. 



Gould's Neomorpha 144 



Superb Plume Bird 115 



Twelve-Thread Epimachus 147 



HOOPCE, AND SUN-BIRDS. 



Hoopce 148 



Fiery-Tailed Sun-Bird 151 



Collared Sun-Bird 152 



CiEREBA, AND FOE BIRD. 



Azure Caereba 156 



Poii Bird 159 



HUMMINC-BIRDS. 



Sword-Bill Huvnming-Bird 166 



Fiery Topaz Humming-Bird 168 



White-Booted Racket-Tail 170 



Sickle-Bill Humming-Bird 175 



Tufted Coquette 177 



Sappho Comet 179 



( layenne Fairy 182 



Sun-Gem 183 



Chimborazian Hill-Star 184 



CREEPERS, WRENS, WARBLERS, 

 REDBREAST, Etc. 



Oven-Bird 188 



Common Tree-Creeper 190 



Nuthatch 192 



Lyre-Bird 194 



Tailor-Bird 199 



Emeu Wren 200 



Golden Crested Wren and Fire- 

 Crested Wren 201 



Garden Whitethroat and Black-Cap 



Warbh-r 203 



Chiff-chaff, or Lesser Pettiehaps. . .. 204 



Nightingales 208 



Grasshopper Warblers 209 



Sedge Warbler 210 



