[ TALK ABOUT TOUCANS.]

Toucan family, 179.—Gould's grand Monograph, 180.— Toucans described, 180-182; Food, 183; Habits, 184.—Gould's Toucanet, 187.

[ ECCENTRICITIES OF PENGUINS.]

Penguins on Dassent Island, 188.—Patagonian Penguins, 189.—Falkland Islands, 189.—King Penguins, 190, 191.—Darwin's Account, 192.—Webster's Account, 193.—Swainson's Account, 194.

[ PELICANS AND CORMORANTS.]

Pelicans described by various Naturalists, 195, 196.—The Pelican Island, 197.—Popular Error, 199-200.—Cormorants, and Fishing with Cormorants, 201-204.

[ TALKING BIRDS, INSTINCTS, ETC.]

Sounds by various Birds, 204.—Umbrella Bird, 206.—Bittern, 207.—Butcher-bird and Parrots, 208.—Wild Swan, Laughing Goose, Cuckoo, and Nightingale, 209.—Talking Canaries, 210.—Neighing Snipe, 213.—Trochilos and Crocodiles, 216.—Instinct. Intelligence, and Reason in Birds, 217-219.—Songs of Birds and Seasons of the Day, 219.

[OWLS.]

Characteristics of the Owl, 221.—Owl in Poetry, 222.—Bischacho or Coquimbo, 224.—Waterton on Owls, 225, 226.—Owls. Varieties of, 227-230.