CONTENTS 



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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 8kins xxviii 



Skinning .......... xxix 



Stuffing XXX 



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 Chira Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains. By Waltt'r 



K. Fisher . * . li 



Pasadena, California. By Joseph Grinnell .... Ivi 



Fort Sherman, Idaho. By J. C. Merrill .... Ixiv 



Cheyenne, Wyoming. By Frank Bond .... Ixix 



Pinal, Pima, and Gila Counties, Arizona. By W. E. I). .Seott Ixxiv 



Books of lioferenee Ixxxiii 



Use of Handbook Keys Ixxxviii 



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