Cassell's book of birds; vol. 3
Part 1
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CASSELL'S
BOOK OF BIRDS.
_FROM THE TEXT OF DR. BREHM._
BY
THOMAS RYMER JONES, F.R.S.,
PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
WITH UPWARDS OF
Four Hundred Engravings, and a Series of Coloured Plates.
_IN FOUR VOLUMES._
VOL. III.
LONDON: CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN; AND NEW YORK
CONTENTS.
PAGE
THE SEARCHERS (_Investigatores_).
THE CLIMBERS. The CLIMBING BIRDS (_Scansor_):--The Tenuirostral. The FLOWER BIRDS (_Certhiola_). The BLUE BIRDS (_Cæreba_):--The Sai, or Blue Caereba. The PITPITS (_Certhiola_):--The Banana Quit, or Black and Yellow Creeper. The HONEYSUCKERS (_Nectarinia_):--The Abu-Risch. The FIRE HONEYSUCKERS (_Æthopyga_):--The Cadet. The BENT-BEAKS (_Cyrtostomus_):--The Australian Blossom Rifler. The SPIDER-EATERS (_Arachnothera_). The HALF-BILLS (_Hemignathus_):--The Brilliant Half-bill. The HANGING BIRDS (_Arachnocestra_):--The True Hanging Bird. The HONEY-EATERS (_Meliphaga_). The TRUE HONEY-EATERS (_Myzomela_):--The Red-headed Honey-eater. The TUFTED HONEY-EATERS (_Ptilotis_):--The Yellow-throated Tufted Honey-eater. The BRUSH WATTLE BIRDS (_Melichæra_):--The True Brush Wattle Bird--The Poe, or Tui. The FRIAR BIRDS (_Tropidorhyncus_):--The "Leatherhead." The HOOPOES (_Upupa_):--The Common Hoopoe. The TREE HOOPOES (_Irrisor_):--The Red-beaked Tree Hoopoe 1-15
THE TREE CLIMBERS (_Anabata_). The BUNDLE-NESTS (_Phacellodomus_):--The Red-fronted Bundle-nest, or Climbing Thrush. The OVEN BIRDS (_Furnarius_):--The Red Oven Bird. The GROUND WOODPECKERS (_Geositta_):--The Burrowing Ground Woodpecker. The STAIR-BEAKS (_Xenops_);--The Hairy-cheeked Stair-beak. THE NUTHATCHES (_Sitta_)--The Common Nuthatch--The Syrian Nuthatch. The CREEPERS (_Sittella_):--The Bonneted Creeper. The WALL CREEPERS (_Tichodroma_):--The Alpine or Red-winged Wall Creeper. The TRUE TREE CREEPERS (_Certhia_):--The Tree Peckers. TREE CLIMBERS (_Scandentes_):--The Common Tree Creeper--The Sabre-bill--The Woodpecker Tree-chopper. The WOODPECKERS (_Picida_). The BLACK WOODPECKERS (_Dryocopus_):--The European Black Woodpecker. The GIANT WOODPECKERS (_Campephilus_):--The Imperial Woodpecker--The Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The BLACK WOODPECKERS (_Melanerpes_):--The Red-headed Black Woodpecker--The Ant-eating Black Woodpecker. The VARIEGATED WOODPECKERS (_Picus_):--The Great Spotted Woodpecker--The Harlequin Woodpecker--The Three-toed Woodpecker. The GREEN WOODPECKERS (_Cecinus_):--The Green Woodpecker. The CUCKOO WOODPECKERS (_Colaptes_):--The Golden-winged Woodpecker--The Red-shafted or Copper Woodpecker--The Field Woodpecker. The SOFT-TAILED WOODPECKERS (_Picumnus_):--The Dwarf Woodpecker. The WRY-NECKS (_Yunx_):--The Wry-neck 15-45
HUMMING BIRDS. The HUMMING BIRDS (_Stridor_). The GIANT GNOMES (_Eustephanus_):--The Giant Humming Bird--The Sword-bill Humming Bird. The GNOMES (_Polytmus_):--The Saw-bill--The Sickle-billed Humming Bird. The SUN BIRDS (_Phäetornis_):--The Cayenne Hermit. The MOUNTAIN NYMPHS (_Oreotrochilus_):--The Chimborazian Hill-star. The SABRE-WINGS (_Campylopterus_):--De Lattrei's Sabre-wing. The TRUE SABRE-WINGS (_Platystylopterus_):--The Fawn-coloured Sabre-wing. The JEWEL HUMMING BIRDS (_Hypophania_):--The Crimson Topaz Humming Bird--The Black-capped Humming Bird. The WOOD NYMPHS (_Lampornis_):--The Mango Humming Bird--The Ruby and Topaz Wood Nymph. The FLOWER NYMPHS (_Florisugus_):--The Brazilian Fairy. The FLOWER SUCKERS (_Florisuga_):--The Pied Jacobin. THE FAIRIES (_Trochilus_):--The Ruby-throated Fairy Humming Bird. The AMETHYST HUMMING BIRDS (_Calliphlox_):--The Amethyst Humming Bird. The WOODSTARS (_Calothorax_, or _Lucifer_):--Mulsant's Wood-star. The ELVES (_Lophornithes_). The PLOVER-CRESTS (_Cephalolepis_):--De Laland's Plover-crest. The COQUETTES (_Lophornis_):--The Splendid Coquette. The AMAZONS (_Bellatrix_):--The Royal Amazon. The SUN GEMS (_Heliactinus_):--The Horned Sun Gem. The SYLPHS (_Lesbiæ_). The RACKET-TAILED SYLPHS (_Steganurus_):--The White-footed Racket-tail. The COMETS (_Sparganura_):--The Sappho Comet. The MASKED HUMMING BIRDS (_Microrhamphi_):--The Sharp-bearded Masked Humming Bird--The Columbian Thornbill. The HELMET CRESTS (_Oxypogon_):--Linden's Helmet Crest 45-75
THE LIGHT-BEAKS (_Levirostres_). The BEE-EATERS (_Meropes_):--The Common Bee-eater--The Bee-wolf--The Bridled Bee-eater--The Swallow Bee-eater--The Australian Bee-eater. The NOCTURNAL BEE-EATERS (_Nyctiornis_):--The Sangrok. The ROLLERS (_Coracii_):--The Blue Roller. The DOLLAR BIRDS (_Eurystomus_):--The Australian Dollar Bird--The Oriental Dollar Bird. The SAW-BILL ROLLERS (_Prionites_):--The Mot-mot. The BROAD-THROATS (_Eurylaimus_):--The Sumatran Trowel-beak. The TRUE BROAD-THROATS (_Eurylaimus_):--The Java Broad-throat--The Raya. The TODIES (_Todi_):--The Tody, or Green Flat-bill 75-87
THE KINGFISHERS (_Alcedines_):--The European Kingfisher. The PURPLE KINGFISHERS (_Ceyx_):--The Purple Kingfisher. The GREY KINGFISHERS (_Ceryle_):--The Grey Kingfisher 87-91
THE ALCYONS (_Halcyones_). The TREE ALCYONS (_Halcyones_):--The Red-breasted Tree Alcyon. The WOOD ALCYON (_Todiramphus_):--The Yellow-headed Wood Alcyon--The Blue Alcyon. The GIANT ALCYONS (_Paralcyon_, or _Dacelo_):--The Laughing Jackass, or Settler's Clock. The PARADISE ALCYONS (_Tanysiptera_):--The True Paradise Alcyon. The SAW-BEAKED ALCYONS (_Syma_):--The Poditti. The SLUGGARDS (_Agornithes_). The JACAMARS (_Galbulæ_):--The True Jacamars--The Green Jacamar 91-96
THE BUCCOS (_Buccones_). The SLEEPERS (_Nystalus_):--The Tschakuru. The TRAPPISTS (_Monasta_):--The Dusky Trappist, or Bearded Cuckoo. The DREAMERS (_Chelidoptera_):--The Dark Dreamer. The TOURACOS, or TROGONS (_Trogones_). The FIRE TOURACOS (_Harpactes_):--The Karna, or Malabar Trogon. The FLOWER TOURACOS (_Hapaloderma_):--The Narina. The TROGONS PROPER (_Trogon_):--The Surukua, or Touraco--The Pompeo--The Tocoloro. The BEAUTIFUL-TAILED TROGONS (_Calurus_):--The Peacock Trogon--The Beautiful Trogon--The Quesal, or Resplendent Trogon 96-105
THE CUCKOOS (_Cuculidæ_). The HONEY GUIDES (_Indicator_):--The White-beaked Honey Guide. The CUCKOOS (_Cuculus_):--The Common Cuckoo. The JAY CUCKOOS (_Coccystes_):--The Jay Cuckoo. The KOELS (_Eudynamys_):--The Koel, or Kuil. The GOLDEN CUCKOOS (_Chrysococcyx_):--The Didrik, or Golden Cuckoo. The GIANT CUCKOOS (_Scythrops_):--The Giant Cuckoo, or Channel-bill. The BUSH CUCKOOS (_Phœnicophæi_):--The Kokil, or Large Green-billed Malkoha. The RAIN CUCKOOS (_Coccygi_):--The Rain or Yellow-billed Cuckoo--The Rain Bird. The LONG-TAILED CUCKOOS (_Pyrrhococcyx_):--The Long-tailed Cuckoo. The TICK-EATERS (_Crotophagæ_). The TRUE TICK-EATERS (_Crotophaga_):--The Coroya--The Ani, or Savanna Blackbird--The Wrinkled-beaked Tick-eater. The COUCALS, or SPURRED CUCKOOS (_Centropodes_):--The Egyptian Coucal. The CROW PHEASANTS (_Centrococcyx_):--The Hedge Crow. The PHEASANT COUCALS (_Polophilus_):--The Pheasant Coucal. The BARBETS (_Capitones_):--The Pearl Bird--The Golden Barbet--The Toucan Barbet 105-127
THE HORNBILLS (_Bucerotidæ_). The TOUCANS (_Ramphastidæ_). The ARASSARIS (_Pteroglossus_):--The Arassari. The TOUCANS PROPER (_Ramphastus_):--The Toco Toucan--The Kirima, or Red-billed Toucan--The Tukana. The HORNBILLS PROPER (_Bucerotes_). The SMOOTH-BEAKED HORNBILLS (_Rhynchaceros_):--The Tok. The TWO-HORNED HORNBILLS (_Dichoceros_):--The Homray--The Djolan, or Year Bird--The Abbagamba, or Abyssinian Hornbill 127-140
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS (_Gallinæ_).
PIGEONS (_Gyratores_). The FRUIT PIGEONS (_Trerones_):--The Parrot Pigeon. The DOVES (_Columbæ_):--The Ring-dove, Wood Pigeon, or Cushat--The Stock Dove--The Rock Dove. The CUCKOO PIGEONS (_Macropygiæ_):--The Passenger Pigeon, or Carolina Turtle-dove. The TURTLE-DOVES (_Turtures_):--The Turtle-dove. The INDIAN RING-DOVES (_Streptopeleia_):--The Indian Ring-dove--The Dwarf Pigeon. The GROUND PIGEONS. The AMERICAN GROUND PIGEONS (_Zenaidæ_). The SINGING DOVES (_Melopeleia_):--The Kukuli. The SPARROW PIGEONS (_Pyrgitœnas_):--The Sparrow Pigeon, or Ground Dove. The SPARROW-HAWK PIGEONS (_Geopeleia_):--The Striped Sparrow-hawk Pigeon--The Speckled or Wedge-tailed Turtle-dove. The RUNNING PIGEONS (_Geotrygones_):--The Partridge Dove. The BRONZE-WINGED PIGEONS (_Phapes_):--The Crested Bronze-wing. The TRUE BRONZE-WINGS (_Phaps_):--The Common Bronze-wing 141-166
THE QUAIL PIGEONS (_Geophaps_):--The Partridge Bronze-wing. The WHITE-FLESHED PIGEONS (_Leucosarcia_):--The Wonga-Wonga Pigeon--The Hackled Ground Pigeon. The CROWNED PIGEONS (_Gouræ_):--The Crowned Pigeon--The Victoria Crowned Pigeon--The Didunculus, or Toothed Pigeon 166-172
TRUE GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. The SAND GROUSE (_Pteroclæ_):--The Ganga, or Large Sand Grouse--The Large Pin-tailed Grouse, or Khata--The Common Sand Grouse--The Striped Sand Grouse--Pallas's Sand Grouse. The GROUSE TRIBE (_Tetraonidæ_). The GROUSE PROPER (_Tetraones_):--The Capercali. The HEATH COCKS (_Lyrurus_):--The Black Cock--The Hybrid Grouse--The Hazel Grouse--The Prairie Hen, or Pinnated Grouse 172-195
THE PTARMIGANS (_Lagopus_):--The Willow Ptarmigan--The Alpine or Grey Ptarmigan--The Red Grouse, Brown Ptarmigan, or Gar Cock 195-202
THE PARTRIDGES (_Perdices_). The SNOW PARTRIDGES (_Tetraogallus_):--The Caspian Snow Partridge--The Himalayan Snow Cock, or Snow Pheasant. The RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGES (_Caccabis_):--The Greek Partridge--The Chuckore--The Red-legged Partridge--The Barbary Partridge--The Common Partridge. The FRANCOLINS (_Francolinus_):--The Black Partridge. The BARE-NECKED PHEASANTS (_Pternistes_):--The Red-necked Pheasants. The AMERICAN PARTRIDGES (_Odontophori_):--The Capueira Partridge--The Virginian or American Partridge. The CALIFORNIAN PARTRIDGE (_Lophortyx Californianus_) and GAMBEL'S PARTRIDGE (_Lophortyx Gambelii_):--The Californian Partridge--Gambel's Partridge. The QUAILS (_Coturnices_):--The Common Quail. The DWARF QUAILS (_Excalfactoria_):--The Chinese Quail. The BUSH QUAIL (_Turnices_):--The Black-breasted Bustard Quail--The African Bush Quail--The Collared Plain-wanderer 202-228
THE PHASIANIDÆ. The TUFTED PHEASANTS (_Lophophori_):--The Monaul or Impeyan Pheasant--Lhuys' Pheasant. The TRAGOPANS, or HORNED PHEASANTS (_Ceriornis_):--The Sikkim Horned Pheasant--The Jewar, or Western Horned Pheasant. The JUNGLE FOWLS (_Galli_):--Kasintu, or Red Jungle Fowl--The Jungle Fowl of Ceylon--The Javanese Jungle Fowl--The Sonnerat Jungle Fowl, or Katakoli. The MACARTNEY PHEASANTS (_Euplocamus_):--The Siamese Fireback--The Sikkim Kaleege, or Black Pheasant--The Kelitsch, or White-crested Kaleege Pheasant--The Silver Pheasant. The PHEASANTS PROPER (_Phasiani_):--The Common Pheasant--The Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant--The Japanese Pheasant--Soemmerring's Pheasant--Reeves' Pheasant. The GOLDEN PHEASANTS (_Thaumalea_):--The Golden Pheasant--Lady Amherst's Pheasant. The EARED PHEASANTS (_Crossoptilon_):--The Chinese Eared Pheasant--The Argus Pheasant, or Kuau. The PEACOCK PHEASANTS (_Polyplectron_):--The Chinquis, or Assam Peacock Pheasant. The PEACOCKS (_Pavones_):--The Common Peacock--The Black-winged Peacock--The Japan Peacock. The GUINEA FOWLS (_Numidæ_). The ROYAL GUINEA FOWLS (_Acryllium_):--The Vulturine Royal Guinea Fowl 228-257
THE TUFTED GUINEA FOWLS (_Guttera_):--Pucheran's Tufted Guinea Fowl. The GUINEA FOWLS (_Numida_):--The Common Guinea Fowl--The Mitred Pintado--The Tuft-beaked Pintado. The TURKEYS (_Meleagrides_):--The Puter, or Wild Turkey. The AUSTRALIAN JUNGLE FOWLS (_Megapodinæ_). The TALLEGALLI (_Tallegalli_). The BRUSH TURKEYS (_Catheturus_):--The Brush Turkey, or Wattled Tallegallus--The Maleo--The Ocellated Leipoa. The MEGAPODES (_Megapodii_):--The Australian Megapode 256-275
THE CURASSOWS, or HOCCOS (_Cracidæ_). The TRUE CURASSOWS, or HOCCOS (_Craces_):--The Common or Crested Curassow--The Wattled Curassow--The Red Curassow--The Galeated Curassow--The Mountain Curassow, or Lord Derby's Guan. The GUANS (_Penelopæ_):--The Supercilious Guan--The Pigmy, or Piping Guan--The Aracuan--The Hoactzin, or Stink Bird. The TINAMOUS (_Crypturidæ_):--The Tataupa--The Inambu 275-285
THE AMERICAN QUAILS (_Nothura_):--The Lesser Mexican Quail--The Macuca. The SPUR-FOWLS (_Galloperdices_):--The Painted Spur-fowl 285-286
SHORT-WINGED CURSORIAL BIRDS (_Brevipennes_).
THE OSTRICH (_Struthio camelus_). The NANDUS (_Rhea_):--The Nandu, or American Ostrich--The Long-billed Nandu--The Dwarf Nandu 287-299
THE EMUS (_Dromæus_):--The Emu--The Spotted Emu 300-302
THE CASSOWARIES (_Casuarii_):--The Helmeted Cassowary--The Mooruk--The Australian Cassowary. The KIVIS (_Apteryges_):--The Kivi-Kivi--Mantell's Apteryx--Owen's Apteryx 302-312
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
COLOURED PLATES
PLATE XXI.--THE BLUE GRANDALA.
" XXII.--THE WHISKERED FANTAIL.
" XXIII.--THE CRIMSON TOPAZ.
" XXIV.--THE EUROPEAN BEE-EATER.
" XXV.--THE BEAUTIFUL TROGON.
" XXVI.--THE TOUCAN.
" XXVII.--THE ROCK PIGEON.
" XXVIII.--THE PTARMIGAN.
" XXIX.--THE SANGUINE FRANCOLIN.
" XXX.--THE HASTINGS TRAGOPAN.
WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
FIG. PAGE
1. The Sai, or Blue Caereba (_Cæreba cyanea_) 3
2. The Banana Quit (_Certhiola flaveola_) 4
3. The Abu-Risch (_Hedydipna metallica_) 5
4. The Hanging Bird (_Arachnocestra longirostris_) 9
5. The Poe, or Tui (_Prosthemadera circinata_) 13
6. The Hoopoe (_Upupa epops_) 16
7. The Red Oven Bird (_Furnarius rufus_) 17
8. The Hairy-cheeked Stair-beak (_Xenops genibarbis_) 20
9. The Common Nuthatch (_Sitta cæsia_) 21
10. The Alpine Wall-creeper (_Tichodroma muraria_) 24
11. The Common Tree-creeper (_Certhia familiaris_) 25
12. The Woodpecker Tree-chopper, (_Dendraplex picus_) 28
13. The European Black Woodpecker (_Dryocopus martius_) 29
14. The Ivory-billed Woodpecker (_Campephilus principalis_) 32
15. The Red-headed Black Woodpecker (_Melanerpes erythrocephalus_) 33
16. The Green Woodpecker (_Gecinus viridis_) 40
17. The Golden-winged Woodpecker (_Colaptes auratus_) 41
18. The Wry-neck (_Yunx torquilla_) 44
19. The Giant Humming Bird (_Patagona gigas_) 48
20. The Sword-bill Humming Bird (_Docimastes ensifer_) 49
21. The Sickle-billed Humming Bird (_Eutoxeres aquila_) 52
22. The Chimborazian Hill-star (_Oreotrochilus Chimborazo_) 53
23. The Crimson Topaz Humming Bird (_Topaza pella_) 56
24. The Brazilian Fairy (_Heliothrix auriculata_) 61
25. The Amethyst Humming Bird (_Calliphlox amethystina_) 65
26. The Splendid Coquette (_Lophornis ornata_) 67
27. The Horned Sun-gem (_Heliactinus cornutus_) 68
28. The White-footed Racket-tail (_Steganurus Underwoodii_) 69
29. The Sappho Comet (_Sparganura Sappho_) 72
30. Humming Birds 73
31. The Bee-wolf (_Melittotheres nubicus_) 77
32. The Australian Bee-eater (_Cosmäerops ornatus_) 80
33. The Blue Roller (_Coracias garrulus_) 81
34. The Mot-mot (_Prionites momota_) 84
35. The Java Broad-throat (_Eurylaimus Javanicus_) 85
36. The European Kingfisher (_Alcedo ispida_) 88
37. Grey Kingfishers (_Ceryle rudis_) 92
38. The Laughing Jackass (_Paralcyon gigas_, or _Dacelo gigantea_) 93
39. The Green Jacamar (_Galbula viridis_) 97
40. The Dusky Trappist, or Bearded Cuckoo (_Monasta fusca_) 99
41. The Narina (_Hapaloderma narina_) 101
42. Quesals, or Resplendent Trogons (_Calurus paradiseus_, or _C. resplendens_) 104
43. The Cuckoo (_Cuculus canorus_) 108
44. The Jay Cuckoo (_Coccystes glandarius_) 109
45. The Didrik, or Golden Cuckoo (_Chrysococcyx auratus_) 112
46. The Giant Cuckoo, or Channel-bill (_Scythrops Novæ-Hollandiæ_) 113
47. The Kokil, or Large Green-billed Malkoha (_Zanclostomus tristis_) 115
48. The Ani, or Savanna Blackbird (_Crotophaga ani_) 120
49. The Wrinkled-beaked Tick-eater (_Crotophaga rugirostris_) 121
50. The Pheasant Coucal (_Polophilus phasianus_) 124
51. The Pearl Bird (_Trachyphonus margaritatus_) 125
52. The Arassari (_Pteroglossus aracari_) 128
53. The Toco Toucan (_Ramphastus toco_) 129
54. The Tok (_Rhynchaceros erythrorhynchus_) 133
55. The Homray (_Dichoceros bicornis_) 136
56. The Djolan, or Year Bird (_Rhyticeros plicatus_) 137
57. The Abbagamba, or Abyssinian Hornbill (_Bucorax Abyssinicus_) 139
58. Nestlings of the Abbagamba 140
59. The Parrot Pigeon (_Phalacroteron Abyssinica_) 144
60. The Ring-dove, or Wood Pigeon (_Palumbus torquatus_) 145
61. The Passenger Pigeon (_Ectopistes migratorius_) 148
62. Turtle Doves 156
63. Dwarf Pigeon (_Chalcopeleia Afra_) 157
64. The Kukuli (_Melopeleia meloda_) 160
65. The Striped Sparrow-hawk Pigeon (_Geopeleia striata_) 161
66. The Crested Bronze-wing (_Ocyphaps lophotes_) 164
67. The Bronze-winged Pigeon (_Phaps chalcoptera_) 165
68. The Hackled Ground Pigeon (_Callœnas Nicobarica_) 168
69. The Victoria Crowned Pigeon (_Goura Victoria_) 169
70. Sand Grouse 173
71. The Khata (_Pterocles alchata_) 176
72. The Common Sand Grouse (_Pterocles exustus_) 177
73. Pallas's Sand Grouse, or Sand Grouse of the Steppes 180
74. The Capercali (_Tetrao urogallus_) 184
75. The Black Cock (_Lyrurus tetrix_) 185
76. Hybrid Grouse (_Tetrao medius_) 188
77. Hazel Grouse (_Bonasia sylvestris_) 189
78. The Prairie Hen (_Cupidonia Americana_) 192
79. The Willow Ptarmigan (_Lagopus albus_) 197
80. The Alpine Ptarmigan (_Lagopus Alpinus_), in Summer plumage 200
81. The Alpine Ptarmigan (_Lagopus Alpinus_), in Winter plumage 201
82. The Red-legged Partridge (_Caccabis rubra_) 208
83. The Common Partridge (_Perdix cinerea_, or _Starna cinerea_) 209
84. The Virginian Partridge (_Ortyx Virginianus_) 217
85. The Californian Partridge (_Lophortyx Californianus_) 220
86. The Common Quail (_Coturnix communis_) 221
87. The Chinese Quail (_Excalfactoria Chinensis_) 224
88. The African Bush Quail (_Turnix Africanus_, or _T. Gibraltariensis_) 228
89. The Monaul, or Impeyan Pheasant (_Lophophorus resplendens_, _refulgens_, or _Impeyanus_) 229
90. The Sikkim Horned Pheasant (_Ceriornis Satyra_) 233
91. The Kaleege, or Black Pheasant (_Euplocamus-Gallophasis-melanotus_) 240
92. The Silver Pheasant (_Nycthemerus argentatus_, or _Euplocamus nycthemerus_) 241
93. Reeves' Pheasant (_Phasianus Reevesii_, or _P. veneratus_) 244
94. The Golden Pheasant (_Thaumalea picta_) 245
95. The Chinese Eared Pheasant (_Crossoptilon auritum_) 248
96. The Argus Pheasant, or Kuau (_Argus giganteus_) 249
97. The Chinquis, or Assam Peacock Pheasant (_Polyplectron chinquis_) 252
98. The Common Guinea Fowl (_Numida meleagris_) 257
99. The Ocellated Turkey (_Meleagris ocellata_) 260
100. The Brush Turkey (_Catheturus Lathami_) 265
101. The Maleo (_Megacephalon Maleo_) 269
102. The Crested Curassow (_Crax alector_) 277
103. The Hoactzin, or Stink Bird (_Opisthocomus cristatus_) 281
104. The Inambu (_Rhynchotus rufescens_) 284
105. The Ostrich (_Struthio camelus_) 288
106. An Ostrich Hunt 292
107. Nandus (_Rhea Americana_), with Nest and Eggs 293
108. The Nandu, or American Ostrich (_Rhea Americana_) 297
109. The Emu (_Dromæus Novæ-Hollandiæ_) 300
110. Cassowary (_Casuarius galeatus_) 304
111. The Kivi-Kivi (_Apteryx Australis_) 308
112. The Nandu, or Rhea 312
_CASSELL'S_
BOOK OF BIRDS.
THE SEARCHERS (_Investigatores_).