X 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Horned Screamers. — Rails. — Oyster- Catchers — Tamed. 
Cultrirostra ; Cutting-billed. — Herons — Toothed-claw of 
Voracity of. — Storks and Cranes — Migrations of — 
Respect paid to. — Gigantic Crane — Particulars respect- 
ing., — Jabiru,- — Anastomus ; Open-beaked. — Tantalus . 305 
Chapter XV. Latirostral — Flat-beaked. — Boat-bill. — 
Spoon-bill. — Flamingo — Mode of Feeding — -Nests of — 
Watchful Habits. — Tenuirostral, or Longirostral ; Long, 
Slender-billed Birds. — A voset. — Sand-Pipers. — Dotterel 
— Preservation of its young. — Dunlin’s Nest and Eggs. 
—Plover— Mode of Catching. — Ibis — Mummies of — 
Why held Sacred 329 
Chapter XVI. Palmipedes ; Web-footed — Serrated or 
Tooth-billed. — Geese — Flocks of — How managed — 
Plucking — Singular attachment — - Sagacity — Courage. 
— Tree Geese — Swans — Muscular Strength — Courage. 
— Black Swans. — Trade in Swan-quills 349 
Chapter XVII. Duck Tribe— Management of — Chinese 
mode. — Wild Ducks building in trees — Affection of. — 
Eider Ducks — How caught. — Duck-shooters, Danger 
attending. — Decoys 367 
Chapter XVIII. Pinnipedes; Swimming feet. — Pelican — 
Fable of drawing its blood explained — Mode of fishing. — 
Sea-birds feeding on fish thrown up by Whales. — Cor- 
morants — Voracity of — May be tamed — Fierceness of. — 
Frigate-bird. — Solan Goosey-Lightness and buoyancy 
of — Nests. — Anhingas, or Darters . 383 
Chapter XIX. Longipennes ; Long-winged — Skimmers — 
Singular bill. — Terns, or Sea-Swallows — Anecdote of. — 
Gulls — Capacity for enduring cold — Voracious feeders — 
Breeding-places. — South Stack described. — Albatross- 
Roaming habits. — Tristan d’ Acunha, Resort for breeding 
— V oracity. — Petrels — Nests — Feed at night — Supersti - 
tion of sailors respecting. — Brevipennes; Short-winged. 
