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List of Illustrations 



Weaver-birds' Nests in Liberia ... 



Nest of the Fire-wood Gatherer . 



Nest of the Yellow-throated Warbler . 



Nest of a Penduline Tit ..... 



Nest of the Cape Penduline Tit, or Cotton-bird 

 Nest of the Rock- Warbler .... 



Nest of the Fan-tailed Warbler . 



Nests of Stelliila calliope .... 



Loaded nest of Oreotrochihis pichincha 



The Courting of the male Red-necked Phalarope by th 



Indian Hemipodes ...... 



Female of the Painted Snipe .... 



The Male Blackcock dancing .... 



The JVIale of the Great Bustard showing off. 

 The Courting of the Ruff ..... 



Bailadors at play ....... 



Female of Papilio ineropc ..... 



Female of^ mauris niavitis ..... 



The Black Cuckoo near the nest of the Drongo . 

 The Black Drongo ...... 



The Owl-Parrot ....... 



The Stone-Plo\'er, or Thick-knee .... 



The Pennant-winged Nightjar .... 



The Argentine Little Bittern .... 



The Hoopoe ....... 



Little Bittern in reed-bed . . . , . 

 Ptarmigan in summer plumage .... 



Ptarmigan in autumn plumage .... 



Ptarmigan in winter plumage .... 



The Ani of Jamaica ...... 



Young Koel fed by Mynas ..... 



Young Cuckoo ejecting the nestlings of the Meadow 



The Lighthouse on Heligoland . 



The Common Nightjar ..... 



Zoo-geographical Regions of the Globe 

 The Giant Gallinule of New Zealand . 



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