VUl 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FIG. I'AGE 



44. The ]!iy CncVoo {CorfysUs £/anJun'iis) . . 109 



45. The Didiik, or Golden Cuckoo (C/ir}'Soi-oircj'.r 



aiiratui) , . . . . .112 



46. The Giant Cuckoo, or Channel-bill {Sey/Aro/s 



AWie-I/o/Zaridiu-) 113 



47. The Kokil, or Large Green-billed Malkoha 



{Zauclosiomiis tristis) . . . . • ^^5 



48. The Ani, or Savanna Blackbird {Crotophaga 



ant) ........ 120 



49. The Wrinkled-beaked Tick-eater {Crotophaga 



rtigirostris) . . . . , .121 



50. The Pheasant Coucal (Polop/iilus phasianus) . 124 



51. TheTeaxXli^rA (Trachyphonus 7nargantaliis) . 125 



52. The Arassari {Pleroglossus arcuari) . . . 12S 



53. The Toco Toucan {^amr/^af/«j /i;f<;) . . .129 



54. The Tok {RAyiic/taceros er)'t/iror/tjiftc/ttis] . .133 



55. TheVlomiSiy (Dkhoccros liicornis) . . .136 



56. The Djolan, or Year Bird (^Rhyticeros plkatiis) . 137 



57. The Abbagamba, or Abyssinian Hornbill 



(Bucorax Abyssiniciis) ..... 139 



58. Nestlings of the Abbagamba .... 140 



59. The Parrot Pigeon (Pkalacroteron Abyssinka) . 144 



60. The Ring-dove, or Wood Pigeon (Palumbiis 



torquatits) 145 



61. The Passenger Pigeon {Ectopistes migratorius) . 148 



62. Turtle Doves 156 



63. Dwarf Pigeon {C/ialcopekia Afro) . . . 157 



64. The Kukuli {Mi-lopeleki meloda) . . . .160 



65. The Striped Sparrow-hawk Pigeon (Geopeleia 



striata) ........ 161 



66. The Crested Bronze-wing {Ocyphaps lophotes) . 164 



67. The Bronze-winged Pigeon {P/iaps chakoptera) . 165 



68. The Hackled Ground Pigeon {Callcenas Nko- 



barka) ........ i68 



69. The Victoria Crowned Pigeon {Goiira Vktoria) . 169 



70. Sand Grouse 173 



71. 1heYia\3. (Pterocles alchata) . . . .176 



72. The Common Sand Grouse {Pterocles exuttus) . 177 



73. Pallas's Sand Grouse, or Sand Grouse of the 



Steppes ....... 180 



74. The Capercali {Tetrao urogallus) . . . 184 



75. The Black Cock (Lyrurus tetrix) . . . 185 



76. HybriA Gxo\s.ie (Tetrao medius) . . . .188 



77. Hazel Grouse [Bonasia sylvestris) . .189 



78. The Prairie Hen {Ctipidonia Amerkana) . . 192 



79. The Willow Ptarmigan [Lagopus alius) . . 197 



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The Alpine Ptarmigan {Lagopus A/piiitis), in 



Summer plumage ..... 200 



The Alpine Ptarmigan {Lagopus Alpinus), in 



Winter plumage 201 



The Red-legged Partridg.? {Caccabis rubra) . 208 

 The Common Partridge {Perdix cinerea, or 



Slarna cinerea) ...... 209 



The Virginian Partridge {Ortyx Virginianus) . 217 

 The Californian Partridge {Lophortyx Cali- 



fornianus) ....... 220 



The Common Quail {Coturnix communis) . 221 



The Chinese Quail {Excalfactoria Chitunsis) . 224 

 The African Bush Quail ( Turnix AJricanus, 



or T. Gibral/arieiisis) ..... 228 

 The Monaul, or Impeyan Pheasant {Lophophorus 



resplendens, refiilgens, or Impeyanus) . . 229 

 The Sikkim Homed Pheasant [Cerioriiis Satyra) 233 

 The Kaleege, or Black Pheasant (Euplocamus- 



Gallophasis-ynelanotus) .... 240 



The Silver Pheasant {NyctAemerus argentattis, 



or Eiiplocamus ttyclhemerus) . . . 241 



Reeves' Pheasant {Phasianus Reevesii, or P. 



veiieratus) ....... 244 



The Golden Pheasant ( Thaumalea pieta) . . 245 

 The Chinese Eared Pheasant {Crossoptilon 



auritum) ....... 248 



The Argus Pheasant, or Kuau {Argus giganteus) 249 

 The Chinquis, or Assam Peacock Pheasant 



{Polyplectron chinquis) .... 252 



The Common Guinea Fowl (Wa?«/(& meleagris) 257 

 The Ocellated Turkey {Mekagris ocellata) . 260 

 The Brush Turkey {Catheturus Lathami) . 265 



The Maleo {Megacephalon Maleo) . . . 269 

 The Crested Curassow (Cr(7.jr afe/or) . . 277 

 The Hoactzin, or Stink Bird {Opisthocomus 

 cristatus) ....... 281 



The Inambu {Rhynchotus rufescens) , . 284 



The Ostrich {Struthio camelus) . . . 288 

 An Ostrich Hunt . . . . 292 



Nandus {Rhea Amerkana), with Nest and Eggs 293 

 The Nandu, or American Ostrich (Rhea 

 Americana) ....... 297 



. 300 

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 . 308 

 . 312 



The Emu (Dromaus Novce-Hollatidice) 

 Cassowary ( Casuarius galeatus) 

 The Kivi-Kivi (Apteryx Aiistralis) . 

 The Nandu, or Rhea 



