BIRDS.

No Carnivorous Birds eaten--_Insessores_ or Perching

Birds--Becafico--Edible nest of the Eastern Swallow or Swift, 122.

Mode of collecting, localities, statistics, and details in the

Eastern Archipelago, 123. The Guacharo Bird, 128. The Diablotin

or Goat-sucker--Spitted Larks, 129. Crows, Thrushes, and Robin

Redbreasts eaten in Italy--The Rice Bunting, 130. The Toucan--Parrot

Pie--GALLINACEOUS Fowls--Peacock Enkakyll, 131. Wild Turkey of New

Granada--Value of Poultry and Eggs consumed, 132. Fixed Tariff for

Poultry and Game, &c., in London in 1272--Price of Eggs, Pigeons,

&c., in 1313, 133. Prices of Poultry and Game in 1575, 134. Prices

of Food and Poultry in 1531, 135. Ancient Receipt for making a Game

Pie in 1394, from the Books of the Salter’s Company--Prices of

Cattle and Dairy produce in 1548, 137. Consumption and Statistics of

Eggs--Comparative use in Paris and London--Imports from Ireland--Modes

of testing the quality of Eggs, 138. Preservation of Eggs--Salted

Eggs--Pickled Eggs--Painted Eggs--Condensed Egg, 140. Roman

Preserves for fattening Poultry--Wild Game in Jamaica, 142. Canadian

mode of cooking Partridge, 143. Red-legged Partridge run down on

foot--Quail--Turtle Dove--Passenger Pigeon, 144. Hogs fed upon the

Squabs--Canvas-back Duck, 146. Cock of the wood--Wild Birds of New

Zealand, 147.

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