LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
ILLUS TEAT IONS PRINTED IN COLOBS. 
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Lammergeyer. 12 
Resplendent Trogon 128 
Titmice 224 
Dipper, Wagtails and Wrens 228 
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Paradise Flycatchers 258 
Weaver Birds 332 
Group of Finches 342 
Partridge 
Woodcock. . . . 
Mallard Duck, 
FULL-PAGE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. 
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480 
576 
602 
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First Lessons in Flight 6 
Golden Eagle 28 
Osprey 36 
Cinereous, White-Tailed, or Sea- 
Eagle 40 
Kites 48 
Jerfalcon 56 
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Harriers 74 
Trinidad Goat-Sucker 92 
Group of Song-Warblers 202 
The Finishing Touch 206 
Redstarts 214 
Conjugal Tenderness 240 
Starlings and Magpie 302 
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Birds of Paradise ... 310 
Early Breakfast 344 
Marauding Sparrows 346 
Group of Buntings 348 
Crossbills 362 
Nestor-Parrots 402 
Woodpeckers 406 
ILLUSTBATIONS IN THE TEXT. 
PAGE 
Frontispiece 1 
Title-Page (.Birds) 9 
VULTURES. 
Condor 13 
King Vulture 16 
Black Vulture 18 
Turkey B uzzard 20 
Common Arabian Vulture 21 
Group of True Vultures 22 
Pondichery Vulture 23 
Fulvous, or Griffin Vulture 24 
Egyptian Vulture 26 
EAGLES. 
Imperial Eagle 31 
Booted Eagle 32 
Martial Eagle 33 
Jeau Le Blanc Eagle 34 
Crested, or Harpy Eagle 35 
Bald, or White-Headed Eagle 41 
FALCONS AND HAWKS. 
Red-Throated Falcon 44 
Brazilian Kite 45 
Buzzard... 46 
Rough-Legged Falcon 47 
Honey-Buzzard 48 
Kites 49 
Arabian Kite 50 
Black-Winged Falcon 51 
Mississippi Kite, and Swallow-Tailed 
Falcon 53 
Peregrine Falcon 58 
Lanner 59 
Hobby 60 
Merlin 61 
Kestrel 62 
Red-Footed Falcon 63 
Bengal Falcon 64 
Goshawk 65 
Sparrow Hawk 67 
Chanting Falcon, and Serpent Falcon 71 
Secretary Bird 72 
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Hawk Owl 76 
Snowy Owl and Bearded Ow T l 77 
Coquimbo, or Burrowing Ow l 78 
Little Owl 80 
Long-Eared Owl and Scops Eared 
Owl 81 
Great Owl 82 
Brown Owl 86 
Ural Owl 87 
Short-Eared Owl 89 
GOAT-SUCKERS. 
Tawny-Shouldered Podargus 94 
New Holland Goat-Sucker 95 
Great-Eared Goat-Sucker. 96 
Great Ibigau 97 
European Goat- Sucker 98 
Lyre-Tailed Goat-Sucker 99 
Carolina Goat-Sucker 100 
Long-Winged Goat-Sucker 101 
Virginian Goat-Sucker 102 
SWALLOWS. 
Klecho Swallow 106 
White-Bellied Swift and Swift 107 
Esculent Swallow's 112 
Sand Martin and Piu*ple Swalloiv. . . 117 
Swallow and House Martin 119 
ROLLERS. 
Oriental Roller 120 
Garrulous Roller 121 
TODIES. 
Green Tody 122 
Javan Tody 123 
MOTMOT, TROGON, AND BARBET. 
Brazilian Motmot 124 
Trogon 127 
Collared Barbet 130 
KINGFISHERS. 
Laughing Jackass 131 
Australian Kingfisher 133 
Kingfisher, 136 
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JACAMAR, AND BEE-EATERS. 
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Green Jacamar 138 
Nubian Bee-Eater 140 
Azure-Throated Bee-Eater 141 
NEOMORPHA, AND PLUME-BIRDS. 
Gould’s Neomorpha 144 
Superb Plume Bird 145 
Twelve-Thread Epimachus 147 
HOOPCE, AND SUN-BIRDS. 
Hoopoe 148 
Fiery-Tailed Sun-Bird 151 
Collared Sun-Bird 152 
CiEREBA, AND POE BIRD. 
Azure Csereba 156 
Poe Bird. . 159 
HUMMING-BIRDS. 
Sword-Bill Humming-Bird 166 
Fiery Topaz Humming-Bird 168 
White-Booted Racket-Tail 170 
Sickle-Bill Humming-Bird 175 
Tufted Coquette 177 
Sappho Comet... 179 
Cayenne Fairy 182 
Sun-Gem 183 
Chimborazian Hill-Star 184 
CREEPERS, AVRENS, AVARBLERS, 
REDBREAST, Etc. 
Oven-Bird 188 
Common Tree-Creeper. 190 
Nuthatch 192 
Lyre-Bird 194 
Tailor-Bird 199 
Emeu Wren 200 
Golden Crested Wren and Fire- 
Crested AVren 201 
Garden AVhitethroat and Black-Cap 
AVarbler 203 
Chiff-Chaff, or Lesser Pettichaps. . . . 204 
Nightingales 208 
Grasshopper AVarblers 209 
Sedge Warbler 210 
