CONTENTS. 



PAET I. 

 WATER-BIRDS IN THEIR HOMES: 



Little Studies in Environment. 



PAGB 



AaioxG THE Reeds and Rushes — The Grebe ; The Loon . . 3 



An Alaskan Island — The Ancient Murrelet .... 14 



Off Grand Manan — Jaegers 18 



The Herring Gull 23 



On the Farralones — Feeding Habits of Gulls on the Pacific Coast 30 



The Little People of the Junk o' Pork — Leach's Petrel . 33 

 Feeding Habits of the Fulmars off the Coast of Southern 



California .......... 38 



The Neighborhood of Perce — Gannets 42 



A Cypress Swamp — The Anhinga 48 



The Life History of the American Flamingo . . . .52 



The Sea-birds of the Plains — Pelicans 57 



PART II. 

 STRUCTURE AND COMPARISON: 



Little Studies in Differentiation. 



Comparing Bones 67 



The Foot of a Swimming Bird 71 



The Wing of a Bird 75 



A Feather 81 



The Bird in the Air ......... 84 



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