CONTENTS. 



Pages 



Preface iii 



Table of Contents ; ix 



List of Illustrations xi 



Introduction 1-31 



Artificial Key to Larger Groups 33-34 



Life Histories of Michigan Birds, Part 1, Water Birds 3.5-219 



Order I. Pygopodes (Grebes, Loons, etc.) 35-47 



Order II. Longipennes (Gulls and Terns) 47-64 



Order IV. Steganopodes (Cormorants, Pelicans, etc.) 65-70 



Order V. Anseres (Ducks, Geese, Swans) 70-123 



Order VH. Herodiones (Herons, Bitterns, etc.) 124-147 



Order VIII. Paludicolte (Cranes and Rails) 148-164 



Order IX. Limicolse (Snipe, Plover, etc.) 165-219 



Life Histories of Michigan Birds, Part 2, Land Birds 220-729 



Order X. Gallinaj (Grouse, Quail, etc.) 220-237 



Order XI. Columba; (Doves, Pigeons) 238-253 



Order XII. Raptores (Hawks, Owls, etc.) 254-334 



Order XIV. Coccyges (Cuckoos and Kingfishers) 337-344 



Order XV. Pici (Woodpeckers) 345-372 



Order XVI. Macrochires (Swifts, Hummingbirds, etc.) 373-388 



Order XVII. Passeres (19 families, including Flycatchers, Orioles, 

 Finches, Sparrows, Swallows, Vireos, Wood-warblers, 



Wrens, Creepers, Thrushes, etc.) 389-729 



Appendix 1. Additions and Corrections 733-735 



Appendix 2. Hypothetical List— Doubtful Species 736-757 



Appendix 3. Bibliography. List of Works relating to Michigan Birds 758-776 



Appendix 4. Glossary of Technical Terms 777-783 



Appendix 5. Outline of Classification of North American Birds 784-786 



Appendix 6. List of Contributors 787-791 



Index 793 



