CONTENTS 



The Weaver Bird, 278 



The Lark, 279 



Maternal Instinct of the Lark, 280 



The Lark and the Hawk, 281 



The Wagtails and Pipits, 281 



The Ant-Eaters, 282 



The King Bird, 282 



The Chatterers, 282 



The Lyre Bird, 283 



ORDER II 



CLIMBERS AND GAPERS 

 The Woodpecker, 284 

 The Wryneck, 284 

 The Cuckoo, 284 

 The Cuckoo and the Hedge-Sparrow, 



28s 

 The Cuckoo and the Thrush, 286 

 The Trogons, 287 

 The Kingfishers, 287 

 The Hornbill, 287 

 Th6 Goat-Suckers, 288 

 The Whip-poor-Will, 288 

 The Chuck-Will's- Widow, 288 

 The Swifts, 289 

 The Humming Bird, 289 



ORDER III 



THE PARROTS 



Intelligence of the Parrot, 290 

 Famous Parrots, 291 

 The Grey Parrot, 292 * 

 Parrot Talk, 293 



ORDER IV 



PIGEONS 

 Carrier Pigeons, 294 

 Pigeons on the Wing, 295 



ORDER V 

 FOWLS 

 The Peacock, 297 

 The Pheasant, 298 

 The Partridge, 299 

 The Wild Turkey, 300 

 , The Domestic Turkey, 300 

 Sagacity of the Turkey, 300 

 Sitting Turkey Cocks, 301 

 Domestic Fowls, 302 

 The Common Hen, 303 



ORDER VI 

 The Hoazin, 304 



ORDER VII 

 BIRDS OF PREY 

 The Eagle, 305 

 Eagle Shooting, 305 



White-Headed Eagle, 306 



The Vultures, 307 



The Condor, 308 



The King of the Vultures, 308 



A Feast of Vultures, 309 



The Secretary Bird, 310 



The Kite. The Osprey. The Buzzard, 



3" 



The Falcon, 311 



The Sparrow-Hawk, 312 



The Owl, 313 



ORDER VIII 

 WADING BIRDS 

 The Cranes, 314 

 The Heron, 314 

 The Bittern, 315 

 The Stork, 31s 

 Jealousy of the Stork, 315 

 A Stork's Revenge, 316 



ORDER IX 



THE GEESE 



Gratitude of the Goose, 316 



A Wild Goose Chase, 317 



Goose Friendships, 317 



The Goose and the Dog, 318 



Maternal Instinct of the Goose, 318 



The Duck, 319 



The Swan, 319 



Maternal Instinct of the Swan, 320 



Intelligence of the Swan, 320 



The Swan and the Fawn, 321 



The Common Sea-GuU, 321 



A Tame Sea-GuU, 321 



Mother Carey's Chicken, 322 



Catching the Stormy Petrel, 302 



The Cormorant, 323 



The Albatross, 324 



The Pelican, 325 



A Tame Pelican, 323 



The Penguin, 326 



The Puffin, 327 



ORDER X 

 THE OSTRICHES 

 The Ostrich and its Young, 321 

 The Rhea. The Cassowary. The Emu, 

 329 



Vertebrata 



Class m, — Reptilia 



ORDER I 



The Tortoise and the Turtle, 331 

 The Elephant Tortoise, 332 

 The Turtle, 333 



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