CONTENTS 



PAGF 



List of Illustrations ix 



Introduction . xxv 



Acknowledgments ......... xxv 



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



Bailey xxvi 



Collecting Birds ......... xxvi 



Measuring .......... xxvii 



Making Bird Skins ........ xxviii 



Skinning . . . xxix 



Stuffing ........... YVY 



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. Kobb^ .... xlviii 



Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains. By Walter 



K. Fisher li 



Pa.sadena, California. By Joseph Grinnell . . . . Ivi 



Fort Sherman, Idaho. By J. C. MeiTill .... 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. 



Kky to Okdkks .... 



Key to Familiks of Watkr Birds 



