CONTENTS 



Page 



Preface vii 



Introduction xi 



PART I. 



Travels About Home 



The Ways of Jays 5 



A jNIorning with Meadowlarks 15 



Bird-Nesting with Burroughs 20 



A Nighthawk Incident 29 



PART II. 



The Biru-Life of Two Atlantic Coast Islands 



Gardiner's Island 38 



Cobb's Island 63 



PART III. 

 Florida Bird-Life 



Pelican Island 83 



The Florida Great Blue Heron and the Water Turkey 113 



The American Egret 123 



Cuthbert Rookery 135 



PART IV. 

 Bahama Bird-Life 



The Flamingo 155 



The Egg Birds 192 



The Boobv and the Man-o'-War Bird 200 



