LIST OF PLATES



*Falkenstein’s Sunbird . . . . . .to face p . 1


*Reichenow’s Golden-winged Sunbird .... ,, 1


Green Hunting Crow or Cissa . . . . . ,,33


Black-necked Stilts ....... ,,33


Male Fairy Bluebird . . . . . . ,,34


Cuban Trogan and Veery Thrush . . . . ,,34


*Kea ......... ,,65


A Group of Red-billed Pintail . . . . . ,,97


African Pigmy Geese (2) . . . . . . ,, 102


Hand-reared White-necked Crows in Kenya . . ,, 118


*Black-chinned Yuhina . . . . . . ,,121


*'White-throated Sapphire Humming Bird . . . ,, 149


^Pucheran’s Emerald Humming Bird . . . . ,, 149


*Ruby-and-Topaz Humming Bird . . . . ., 149


Imperial Sandgrouse, Bikanir, Rajputana . . . ,,156


Demoiselle Cranes, Bikanir, Rajputana . . . ,,158


Mrs. Drake’s Aviaries at Mylor, Cornwall (2) . . ,, 170


*Royal Parrot Finch ....... ,, 173


Cinnamon Hen Blackbird “ Mistletoe ” . . . ,,182


Brush Turkey and Mound, Whipsnade . . . ,,193


* Spotted-sided Finch or Diamond Sparrow . . . „ 221


Dufresne’s Waxbills, Ten Days After Leaving Nest . ,, 249


Seven Bicheno Finches ...... „ 250


Cock Mourning Dove, Hen White Barbary Dove, and


Their Offspring.,, 265


^Norfolk Island Parrakeet . . . . . . „ 273


The Water Thick-knee (2) ..... ,, 301


Nestling Water Thick-knee . . . . . ,, 302


Diademed and Salvin’s Parrots . . . . , „ 305


* Denotes a coloured plate,



