CONTENTS. 



PAGK 



Title . i 



Dedication ■> . . iii 



Contents v 



Historical Preface » xi 



PART I. 



FIELD ORNITHOLOGY. 



§ i. Inii)leiiieiits for collecting, and their use 1 



^ 2. Dogs 9 



■§ 3. Various suggestions and directions for field-work 9 



^ 4. Hygiene of coUectorship , 19 



§ 5. Registration aud labelling 21 



§ 6. Instruments, materials, and fixtures for preparing birdskius 25 



§ 7. How to make a birdskiu 2S 



§ 8. Miscellaneous particulars 45 



§ 9. Collection of nests and eggs 50 



§10. Care of a collection 54, 



PART II. 



GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. 



1. Definition of birds 59 



2. Principles and practice of classification 65 



3. Definitions and descriptions of the exterior parts of birds 82 



a. Of the feathers, or plumage 82 



d. The topography of birds 91 



1. Regions of the body 94 



2. Of the members ; their ])arts and organs 100 



i. The bill 100 



ii. The wings lOfi 



iii. The tail 114 



iv. Tlie feet 118 



