CONTENTS 



PART I 



FIELD OEXITHOLOGY 



SECTION 



I. Implements for CoLLECTixfj, axd their Use 

 II. Dogs 



III. Various Suggestions axd Directioxs for Field- Work 



IV. Hygiene of Collectorship ... 

 V. Registration and Labelling 



VI. IXSTRUMEXTS, MATERIALS, AND FIXTURES FOR PREPARING 

 SKINS .... 



VII. How TO MAKE A BiRDSKIN . 



VIII. MiSCELLANEOU.S PARTICULARS 



IX. Collection of ISTests and Eggs 

 X. Care uf a Collection 



BlRD- 



PAOE 



3 



14 

 15 

 28 

 33 



38 

 42 

 68 

 75 



82 



PART II 



GENERAL OEXITHOLOGY 



I. Definition of Birds ....... 91 



II. Principles and Practice of Cla.ssification . . .99 



III. Defixitions and Descriptions of the Exterior Parts of Birds 123 



IV. An Ixtroduction to the Anatomy of Birds . . . 197 



