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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 PASSERINES. 



Syndactyles 

 Tenuirostres 



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 462 



Conirostres 

 Fissirostres 



Dentirostres 513 



CHAPTER VIII. 



RAPTORES, OR BIRDS OF PREY. 



Nocturnal Birds of Prey 

 Horned Owls 

 Hornless Owls . 



545 

 547 



553 



Diurnal Birds of Prey 

 Falconidse . 

 Sea Eagles 



Vultures 597 



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FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Hawking in the Middle Ages {Frontispiece). 



PLATE 



I. .Snake Charmers 



II. Chased by an Alligator 



III. Capturing Turtles 



IV. Gathering Eggs in the Faroe Islands 



V. Flight of Wild Ducks 



VI. Shooting over Decoy Ducks . . . 

 VII. Duck-shooting from a Hut .... 



VIII. Duel between Ruffs 



IX. Ruffs in their Nuptial Plumage 



X. Woodcock Shooting 



XL The Ostrich 



XII. The Emu, or Australian Cassowary 



XIII. Quails and Young 



XIV. Quail Shooting 



XV. Partridge Shooting 



XVI. Common Partridge and Young .... 

 XVII. Red-legged Partridge Shooting 

 XVIII. Pheasant Shooting 



XIX. Golden Pheasants . . ... 

 XX. Argus 



XXI. Cochin China Fowls . . ... 



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3" 

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