A HISTORY OF BIRDS 



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illustration 



14. Stages in the Evolution of the Avian Palate 



15. Phylogenetic Tree of Descent 



16. The Whale-Headed Stork (Balaniceps) 



17. The Rufous Tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) 



18. Wing Feather of a Curlew showing the Initial Stages in 



THE Disintegration of the White Parts : and a Portion of 

 THE Quill Feather of a Gull showing the same Process 

 ig. Humming-bird Fertilising Flowers of Marcgravia Nepenthoides. 

 (After Wallace) 



20. Devices to Secure a Permanent Food Supply '^4^ 



21. Pouch of Great Bustard Dissected to show its Relation to 



THE Gullet and Windpipe. (After Pycrait) ^^^ 



22. The Display of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) ^53 



From Newton's Dicijottflry of Birds. 



106 



167 

 178 



23. Types of Windpipes 



24. Nest of the Hammer Head 



From Newton's Dictionayy of Birds. 



25. Nest of the Humming-bird (Phcethornis eurynome) 182 



From Newton's Dictionary 0/ Birds. 



25. Nest of Oven-bird ^°7 



From Newton's Dictionary of Birds. 



27. HoATZiN (Opisthocomus cristatus) ^3° 



From Newton's Dictionary of Birds. 



28. Wings of Nestling Hoatzin and Common Fowl, Upper Surface 240 



39. Wings of Nestling and Adult Hoatzin, and Nestling of Com- 

 mon Fowl, Upper Surface. (After Pycraft) 241 



30. Dissection of Beak-sheath of Cormorant showing Vestiges 



OF Narial Aperture. (After Pycraft) 265 



31. Throat of House-sparrow showing the Difference Produced 



BY Abrasion between the " Winter " and " Summer " Plumages 284 



32. Red Game Cockerel .... 338 



By permission of the Editors of The Ibis. 



33. Black Polish Cock - - 339 



By permission of the Editors of The Ibis. 



34. Types of Combs. (After H. S. Davenport) 340 



35. The Sun-Bittern in Display . 352 



From Newton's Dictionary of Birds. 



36. Wing of Archsopteryx, and Hand of Young Ostrich to show 

 THE Structure of the Wrist 374 



