Cassell's book of birds; vol. 1

Name: Cassell's book of birds; vol. 1
Author: Brehm, Alfred Edmund

Brehm, Alfred Edmund

Birds

BIRDS OF PREY (_Raptores_). The FALCONS (_Falconidæ_). The
     NOBLE FALCONS (_Falcones_). The HUNTING FALCONS (_Hierofalco_).
     The WANDERING FALCONS (_Falco_):--The Peregrine Falcon--The
     Red-necked Falcon--The Tree Falcon--The Berigora. The KESTRELS
     (_Tinnunculus_):--The Lark Kestrel--The Kestrel--The Red-footed,
     or Evening Falcon--The Sparrow Falcon. The DWARF FALCONS
     (_Hierax_):--The Muti 291-312

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

    PLATE    I.--THE SCARLET MACAW.

      "    II.--THE GROUND PARRAKEET.

      "   III.--THE BLUE-STRIPED LORY.

      "    IV.--EGGS.

      "     V.--THE BULLFINCH AND GOLDFINCH.

      "    VI.--THE WAGLERS CASSICUS.

      "   VII.--THE SHARP-BILLED ORIOLE.

      "  VIII.--THE RUBY BIRD OF PARADISE.

      "    IX.--THE SPARROW HAWK.

      "     X.--THE IMPERIAL EAGLE.

INTRODUCTION.

FIG. PAGE

    1. Respiratory Apparatus of a Fowl                           2

    2. Wing of a Bird, partially stripped of Feathers,
       to show the insertions of the Quills                      4

    3. Nascent Feather of a Chicken                              5

    4. Head of a Swan (_Cygnus olor_)                            6

    5. Section of the Head of an Eagle, showing the
       structure of the Eye                                      7

    6. Eye of an Owl, showing the arrangement of
       the Nictitating Membrane                                  8

    7. Muscles of the Eye-ball and of the Nictitating Membrane   9

    8. External Ear of a Young Owl                              10

    9. The Throat of a Fowl, showing the parts _in situ_        11

    10. Tongue of the Woodpecker, showing the mechanism
       employed for its protrusion                              12

    11. Viscera of Small Bird (_Euphone violacea_)              13

    12. Skeleton of a Goose                                     16

    13. Ornithological Regions of the body of a Small Bird      19

    14. Chicken in the Egg, newly arrived at maturity           21

    15. A Young Chicken, showing the arrangement
        of the Feathers                                         22

CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS.

    1. Cockatoos (_Cacatua_)                                     28

    2. Collared Parrot (_Palæornis torquatus_)                   29

    3. The Jako (_Psittacus erithacus_)                          36

    4. The Amazon Parrot (_Chrysotis Amazonicus_)                40

    5. The Maitakka (_Pionus menstruus_)                         41

    6. The Crested Hawk Parrot (_Deroptyus accipitrinus
       coronatus_)                                               44

    7. The Helmet Cockatoo (_Callicephalus galeatus_)            48

    8. The Nestor Cockatoo (_Nestor productus_)                  49

    9. The Casmalos (_Microglossus aterrimus_)                   52

    10. The Raven Cockatoo (_Calyptorhynchus Banksii_)           53

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