LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate I. — The Scarlet Macaw. 

 „ II. — The Ground Parrakeet. 

 „ III.— The Blue-striped Lory. 

 ,, IV. — Eggs. 

 „ V. — The Bullfinch and Goldfinch. 



Plate VI. — The Waglers Cassicus. 

 ,, VII. — The Sharp-billed Oriole. 

 ,, VIII. — The Ruby Bird of Paradise. 

 ,, IX. — The Sparrow Hawk. 

 ,, X. — The Imperial Eagle. 



INTRODUCTION. 



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1. Respiratory Apparatus of a Fowl 



2. Wing of a Bird, partially stripped of Feathers, 



to show the insertions of the Quills . . 4 



3. Nascent Feather of a Chicken ... 5 



4. Head of a Swan (Cyguus olor) ... 6 



5. Section of the Head of an Eagle, showing the 



structure of the Eye ..... 7 



6. Eye of an Owl, showing the arrangement of 



the Nictitating Membrane , . . . S 

 Muscles of the Eye-ball and of the Nictitating 

 Membrane ....... 9 



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8. External Ear of a Young Owl . 



9. The Throat of a Fowl, showing the parts in situ 



10. Tongue of the Woodpecker, showing the me- 



chanism employed for its protrusion 



11. Viscera of Small Bird (Euphone violacea) 



12. Skeleton of a Goose . 



13. Ornithological Regions of the body of a Small 



Bird . . • 



14. Chicken in the Egg, newly arrived at maturity . 



15. A Young Chicken, showing the arrangement 



of the Feathers . . . . . 



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CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 



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Cockatoos (Cacatua) .... 



Collared Parrot ( Palaornis torquatus) 



The Jako (Psittacus erithacus) . 



The Amazon Parrot (Chtysotis Amazonicus) 



The Maitakka (Pionus menstruus) . 



The Crested Hawk Parrot (Deroptyus accipi 



trinus coronatus) . . , . 



The Helmet Cockatoo (Callicephalus galcatus) 

 The Nestor Cockatoo (Nestor produclus) . 

 The Casmalos (Microglossus atcrrimus) 

 The Raven Cockatoo (Calyptorliynchus Banksii) 

 The Scarlet Macaw (Ara Macao) 

 The Garuba ( Conurus lutcus) . 

 The Rosella (Platycercus cximhts) . 

 The Waved Parrot (Melopsittacus undidatus) 

 The Corella (Nymphiats A'ovtv Hollands:) 

 The Ground Parrakeet (Pczoporinus forinosui) 

 The Purple-capped Lory or Lorikeet (Lorius 



domicdla) ..... 



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IS 



• 29 



19 



• 36 



20 



• 4° 





• 41 



21 





22 



• 44 



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■ 4S 



24 



• 49 



25 



• 52 



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) 53 



27 



. 61 



2S. 



. 64 



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• 1- 



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■ 73 



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• 76 



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• 77 



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The Dappled Lorikeet (Psitteittelcs versicolor) 

 Tail-piece ...... 



The Large-beaked Cross-bill (Loxia pilyopsit- 

 tacus) ...... 



The Banded Cross-bill (Lo.xia tcenioptera) 

 Cross-bills (Loxiic) ..... 



The Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola emicleator) . 



The Desert Trumpeter (Bucanetcs githagiiieus) 



Female Bullfinch and Nest , 



The Giilitz (Scriiius fiortntanus) 



The Wild Canary . . . , , 



The Tame Canary 



The Chaffinch (Fringilla Calebs) 



The Mountain Finch (Frii:gilla montifringilla) 



The Brown Linnet [Cannabina linota) 



Siskin, Bullfinch, and Goldfinch 



Goldfinches and Nest .... 



Winter Visitors to the Village . 



Sparrow's Nest ..... 



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