CONTENTS 



PAGE 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . ix 



INTRODUCTION . . xxv 



Acknowledgments ... xxv 



Collecting- and preparing Birds, Nests, and Eggs. By Veruon 



Bailey ... . . xxvi 



Collecting Birds . . . xxvi 



Measuring . . xxvii 



Making Bird Skins . xxviii 



Skinning ... . xxix 



Stuffing . . xxx 



Labeling . . xxx 



Sexing . . xxx 



Collecting and preserving Eggs and Nests . . xxxi 



Note-Taking, Note-Books, and Journals . . xxxiii 



Life Zones ... . xxxiii 



Migration .... xxxvi 



Economic Ornithology . . xxxvii 



Bird Protection. By Theodore S. Palmer . xxxix 



Local Bird Lists .... . xliii 



Portland, Oregon. By A. W. Anthony . . . xliii 



San Francisco Bay. By William H. Kobbe* .... xlviii 



Santa Clara Valley and Santa Crnz Mountains. By Walter 



K. Fisher H 



Pasadena, California. By Joseph Grinnell . . Ivi 



Fort Sherman, Idaho. By J. C. Merrill . Ixiv 



Cheyenne, Wyoming. By Frank Bond . . . Ixix 



Pinal, Pima, and Gila Counties, Arizona. By W. E. D. Scott Ixxiv 



Books of Reference . . Ixxxiii 



Use of Handbook Keys . - Ixxxviii 



BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES WEST OF THE ONE 

 HUNDREDTH MERIDIAN. 



KEY TO ORDERS ... 1 



KEY TO FAMILIES OF WATER BIHDS . . . 2 



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