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Family Conirostres 281 



Raven (Corvus cor ax) 281 



Crow (Corvus cor one and frugilegus) 282 



Cornish Jackdaw, or Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) ...... 283 



Magpie (Pica caudata) 284 



Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) 284 



Nightingale (Sylvia luscinia) 284 



Sparrow (Pyrgita domestica) .* 284 



Large Wattle Bird (Philedon carunculatus) 284 



Order Scansokes 285 



Cuckoo ( Cuculus canorus) 285 



Bird of the Toucan kind (Scythropis Australasice) 286 



Woodpecker (Picus viridis) 286 



Wr yneck ( Yunx torquilla) 286 



Parrot (Psittaeus) 287 



Macaw (Macrocercus) 287 



Order Rasobes 288 



Pigeon ( Colnmba livid) 288 



Dove ( Columba palumbus) „ 288 



Brazil Dove 289 



White Dove 290 



Large Blue-crowned Pigeon (Lophyrus coronatus) 290 



Guan-bird (Penelope cristata) 292 



Turkey (31eleagris gallopavo) 294 



Guinea-fowl (Numida meleagris) 294 



Argus Pheasant (Phasianus argus) 295 



Golden Pheasant (Phasianus pictus) 295 



Partridge (Perdix cinerea) 296 



Order Cuhsoees 296 



Ostrich (Struthio camelus) 296 



Order Gballatores 300 



Bustard (Otis tarda) 300 



Kumidian Crane ( Grus virgo) 303 



Crane (Grus cinerea) 304 



Cyrus Crane (Grus antigone) 304 



Crown-bird (Grus pavoninci) 305 



Herons (Ardeidce) 305 



Heron (Ardea cinerea) 305 



Bitterns (Botaurm) 307 



British Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) 308 



East Indian Bittern (Nyctieorax purpureus) 309 



Portuguese Bittern (Nyctieorax Europceus) 310 



Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) 311 



Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 311 



Scarlet Ibis (Pois rubra) 313 



Long Bent-billed Curlew (Fois falcinellus) 313 



Curlew (Numenius arquata) 314 



