CONTENTS. 



CIIAI'TKK IV. I. 



PREFACE vii 



LlM OF ILLUSTRATIONS ... . ix 



INTKOUUCTK 'N ..... ... XV 



I. A NEW METHOD OF BIRD STUDY AND PHOTOGRAPHY i 

 II. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE METHOD: THE CEDAR-BIRD; THE BALTIMORE 



ORIOLE; THE REDWING BLACKBIRD, AND THE KINGBIRD ... 17 



III. TENT AND CAMERA: THE TOOLS OF BIRD-PHOTOGRAPHY . . 29 



IV. THE ROBIN- AT ARM'S LENGTH; A STUDY OF INDIVIDUALITY . . 36 



V. THE CEDAR-BIRD . . . ... 52 



VI. RED-EYED VIREOS . . . . .... 64 



VII THE NEST-HOLE OF THE BLUEBIRD ... . . 71 



VIII. MINUTE OBSERVATIONS ON CATBIRDS . . . 76 



IX. THE REARING OF THE NIGHT HA\VK . . .... So 



X. THE KINGFISHERS AND THEIR KING Row 86 



XL CARE OF YOUNG AND NEST . . . .... 94 



I. BROODING, AND FEEDING THE VOUNG. 

 II. CLEANING THE NEST. 



XII. THE FORCE OF HABIT ... ... . . in 



XIII. FEAR IN BIRDS . . . 117 



XIV. TAMING WILD BIRDS \YITHOUT A CAGE 125 



INDEX . . . . . . 139 



