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VOLUME II. 
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' Chapter I * Passerine Order continued.—- -Conirostras ; 
—Conical Beaks.— Orioles. — Starlings. — Habits of. 
—Finch Tribe. — Goldfinch. — Anecdotes of. — Nests 
rapidly completed. — Curious Nests in Africa. — Age 
of small Birds. — Canary Birds.— Trade in. — Bull- 
finches, Piping. — How trained. — Boldness of. — Af- 
fectionate and social Habits of. — Also of Linnets. — 
Use of small Birds in destroying Insects . . I 
Chapter II. Subulirostres ; Awl-shaped Bills. — Mana- 
kins ; curious Nests of. — Tomtits. —Wagtails. — 
Redstarts. — Robins, &c. — Migration of this Tribe. 
— Nightingales. — Whether they return , to same 
Nests. — Ear for Music. — Night Singing-Birds.— 
Planirostres; Flat-billed. — Swallow Tribe. — Whe- 
ther occasionally Dormant; instances of. — Migration 
of. — Insects, number devoured by Swallows.— 
Spiders, high Flights of. — Curious Nests of Swal- 
lows. — Courage of ...... 28 
Chapter III. Swallows’ Nests continued. — Edible 
Nests, East Indies. — Goat-Suckers. — Mode of seiz- 
ing Moths. — Cavern, with their Nests, described.— 
Tenuirostres ; Narrow-billed. — Nuthatch. — Tree- 
Creeper. — Bee-Eater. — Hoopoe. — Kingfisher. — ■ 
Humming Birds. — Climbing Birds.— Cuneirostres; 
Wedge-billed. — Jacamar. — Anis. — Cuckoo.— Anec- 
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