TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Preface, ----- 5 



Mind, Memory, and Migration of Birds, - 11 



Beside tlie Gulf with Ruskin, - - 20 



Ccryle Alcyon, - - - - - 36 



Swamp Sketches, - - - - 49 



In the Matter of Shakespeare, - - 58 



The Motif of Bird-Song, - . - 70 



The Genesis of Bird-Song, - - - 85 



The Anatomy of Bird-Song, - - 101 



Some Hyoid Hints, - - - _ 125 



