VI CONTENTS. 



Weaver Birds (Plocci) : — The Social Weaver Bird — The Golden Weaver Bird — The Masted Weaver Bird 



The Baya — The Crimson-beaked Weaver Bird — The Taha— The Flame-coloured Fire Finch The Red- 

 beaked Buffalo Weaver Bird — The Alecto Buffalo Weaver Bird — The Dinemelli Buffalo Weaver Bird 166-178 



The Whydah or Widow Birds {Vidua:) : — The Yellow-shouldered Mourning Widow The Long-tailed 



Widow Bird — The Paradise Widow Bird 17S-1S1 



The American Finches (Passerella) : — The White-throated Sparrow— The Morning Finch— The Tree Buntin°- 



Finch — The Prairie Bunting Finch — The Sea Bunting Finch 1S1-184 



The BUNTINGS (Emberha) : — The Crested Bunting — The Grey Bunting— The Golden Bunting — The Ortolan — 

 The Red Bunting — The Black-headed Bunting — The Reed Bunting — The Lark Bunting— The Snow 

 Bunting 185-195 



The Larks (Alaudu-) : — The Calandra Lark — The Short-toed Lark or Calandrelle — The Black or Moor 

 Lark — The Desert Lark — -The Black-headed Bunting Lark — The Alpine Lark. The Larks Proper 

 (Aland*) :— The Tufted Lark— The Wood Lark— The Sky Lark— The Sentry Lark. The Courser 

 Larks (Alaemon) : — The Desert Courser Lark 195-202 



RAVENS (Coracirostres). 



The Starlings (Sturnlda:). The Troopials (Agelaii): — The Boblink or Rice Bird. The Marsh Troo- 

 pials (Agelaius) : — The Red-winged Troopial. The Cow Birds (Molothrus) : — The Cow Starling. The 

 Yellow or Golden Starlings (Icteri): — The Jamaica Yellow Bird — The Baltimore Golden Starling. 

 The Cassicans {Cassia): — The Japu, or Tufted Cassican. The Boat-tails (Quiscalus) : — The Great 

 Boat-tail. The Starlings Proper [Sturm) :— The Common Starling— The Sardinian Starling— The 

 Rose Starling — The Mina Birds — The Musical Grakle. The Ox-biters (Buphaga) : — The African 

 Ox-biter — The Red-beaked Ox-biter. The Glossy Starlings (Lamprotornitlies) — The Bronze-coloured 

 Glossy Starling— The Golden-breasted Glossy Starling — The Superb Glossy Starling — The Scaly Glossy 

 Starling — The Brazen Glossy Magpie. The Rock Glossy Starlings (Alorioncs) : — The White-beaked 

 Rock Glossy Starling. The Mountain Glossy Starlings (Amydrus) :— The Naburup. The Orioles 

 (Orioli) : — The Satin Bower Bird — The Spotted Collar Bird — The Pirol, Golden Oriole, or Cherry Bird — 

 The Golden-crested Oriole 210-243 



The Birds of Paradise (Paradisea) : — The Footless Bird of Paradise — The Wumbi —The Ruby, or Red Bird 

 of Paradise — The King of the Birds of Paradise — The Collared Bird of Paradise. Epimachi : — The 

 Resplendent Epimachus — The Collared Epimachus — The Magpie Bird of Paradise .... 243-253 



The Ravens Proper {Coraces). The Mountain Crows, or Choughs (Freglli) : — The Chough — The Snow 

 Crow, or Alpine Chough. The True Ravens: — The Raven — The White-necked Vulture Raven 

 — The Scapulated Raven. The Crows (Corvus) : — The Carrion Crow — The Hooded Crow — The Rock 

 or Field Crow — The Jackdaw — The Glossy Crow — The Nutcracker. The Ptping Crows (Phonygama:) : 

 —The Flute Bird— The Bell Bird or Bell Magpie— The Bald-headed Crow. The Tree Crows, or 

 Jays (Garruli) : — The Magpie — The Blue Magpie. The Blue Ravens (Cyanocorax) : — The Hooded 

 Blue Raven— The Crested Blue Jackdaw— The Common Jay— The Unlucky Jay. The Long-tailed 

 Crows {Glaucopes). The Tree Magpies (Dendrocitta) :— The Wandering Magpie — The Benteot — The 

 Long- tailed Kitta — The Feather-beaks (Cissa) : — The Sirgang, or Green Jackdaw .... 254-283 



The Plantain Eaters (Amphibolm). The True Plantain Eaters (Musophaga*) :— The Banana Eater. 

 The Helmet Birds (Corythaix) :— The White-cheeked Helmet Bird— The Turako. The Split Beaks 

 (Schirzorhis) : — The Alarm Bird. The Colies, or Mouse Birds (Colli) : — The Wiriwa — The White- 

 cheeked Mouse-Bird 283-290 



CATCHERS (Captantes). 



Birds of Prey (Raptores). The Falcons (Falconida). The Noble Falcons (Falcones). The Hunting 

 Falcons (Hierofakd). The Wandering Falcons (Paled) : — The Peregrine Falcon — The Red-necked 

 Falcon — The Tree Falcon — The Berigora. The Kestrels (Tinmmculus) : — The Lark Kestrel — The 

 Kestrel — The Red-footed, or Evening Falcon — The Sparrow Falcon. The Dwarf Falcons (Hierax) : — 

 The Muti 291-312 



