ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTS. 
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The rain-bird and the trogons 228 
The horn-bill and its curious custom 231 
I.V BUKU 
The mound-builders 232 
The ground or ant thrush 235 
A picture of bird-life in Buru 237 
A flycatcher indigenous to the island 23S 
About the Maleo — - 
Egg-laying operations of the maleo 241 
Birds of Paradise — 
Beauty of their plumage 241 
A present for an emperor 242 
Fables told of these birds 243 
Vegetation of the Aru woods 243 
Shooting " goby-gobies" 244 
Description of the king paradise-bird 245 
The great paradise-bird described 247 
A "s4caleli" or dancing-party 248 
Various species of paradise-birds 248 
RemarliS on the locality of these birds 252 
Cockatoos — 
About the great black cockatoo 255 
The cockatoos of the East Indian Islands 26G 
The Goura Pigeon— 
The goura or crowned pigeon 256 
Australia — 
Parrakeets abundant in Australia 257 
Also, several species of cockatoos 258 
Hunting the cockatoo 261 
The owl-parrot or kakapo of New Zealand . . . 262 
Twice seen by Haast in the day-time 263 
Rich plumage of the warbling grass parrakeet 264 
His swiftness of flight 265 
Struthious Birds — 
A land of oddities 265 
First notice of the emeu 265 
The two species and their wliereabouts 266 
Habits of the emeu, and maternal courage. .. 269 
Account of the cassowary 271 
Historical sketch of this bird 272 
Bennett's "mooruks" and their ways 273 
The Lyre-Bird — 
Of the same family as the wren 274 
A description of his favourite habitat 277 
His habits and manners 278 
His crest 279 
Australian Scenery — 
Henry Kingsley's Australian pictures £79, 280 
The Apteryx of New Zealand — 
The apteryx of New Zealand described. . C80, 283 
Ik Africa — The Ostrich — 
About the ostrich 284 
Fable respecting the mother ostrich 285 
Physical characters of the bird; his habitat.. 286 
His various enemies 289 
Affinity of the ostrich to the mammal 290 
His extraordinary powers of digestion 290 
The motlier ostrich and her eggs 291 
Value of ostrich feathers 292 
Ostrich flesh as an article of diet 293 
Vallf.y of the Zambesi — • 
Birds in the Zambesi Valley 294 
The kala and the scizzor-bill 294 
Something about an African wader 295 
The Secretary or Serpent Bird — 
Interesting notes upon this African bird. . 295, 296 
His voracity illustrated by Le Vaillant 296 
His mode of attacking serpents 297 
The Whydah-Bird — 
Description of the so-called " widow-bird"... 297 
The Buphaoa — 
About the " rhinoceros-bird " 300 
Dr. Livingstone quoted 301 
Livingstone and the Birds— 
Some birds described by Dr. Livingstone 302 
The darter or snake-bird 302 
Tropical singing-birds 303 
An old poet (John Lilyel on the songs of birds 304 
In the Nile Valley. — The Ibis — 
Scenery of the Nile Valley 304 
The typical bird of Egypt 306 
Tlie " paddy-bird " 309 
The Spoonbill — 
Range of the spoonbill; and his habits 309 
Pigeons — 
Their habits described 310 
The stock-dove 313 
The carrier-pigeon 313 
The Bee-Eatkr — 
The Egyptian bee-eater described 316 
Rivalled in grace by the great spotted cuckoo 310 
A lively narrative 317 
The Stork — 
His characteristics 320 
A bird of immoral temperament 321 
The marabout, his near of kin 323 
The Griffin Vulture — 
A cowardly bird 323 
But valuable as a scavenger 323 
"Pharaoh's hen," or the Egyptian vulture ... 324 
About the Crane — 
His annual migrations, and their order 327 
A lively, graceful, and prudent bird 328 
His bonne camaraderie witli man 331 
Panegyrised by Toussenel 334 
Description of the demoiselle's graces 335 
Respect of the crane for discipline and order.. 336 
Derivation of the word "congress" 337 
^rial manoeuvres of the cranes 337 
A romantic story 338 
Ibycus and his murderers 339 
Wars of the cranes and the pygmies 339 
Pheasants — 
Their gastronomic celebrity 341 
Their habits and habitat 342 
Comparative inferiority, physical and moral. . 343 
The pheasant an impersonation of selfishness 345 
Various species indicated 345 
About the Argus pheasant 347 
Mythical origin of his name 348 
Quotation from the " Prometheus " of 
.lEschylus 349 
Description of the monaul or Impeyan phea- 
sant 350 
His mountain-home in the Himalayas 353 
His habits and mode of flight 354 
Habitat of the tragopaa 356 
Turkeys — 
Their introduction into Europe 356 
The care with which they conceal their nest.. 357 
The Woodcock — 
A member of the snipe family 358 
His favourite resort and mode of flight 361 
His intelligence 362 
His nesting-place 363 
The Ruff and the Reeve — 
Description of these birds 363 
The Sand-Gbouse — 
Localities where they are found, and why 364 
Their walk, their flight, and peculiar cry.. .. 367 
Brehm's account of their daily life 36S 
The Prairie Hen — 
Boundaries of the prairie region 369 
A prairie landscape 370 
Retreat of tlie prairie hen 371 
A curious apparatus, and its use 372 
