ANALYSIS OF THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. xxy 
Does the fact that he snaps his wing over his back before crow- 
ing imply that the ruffed grouse may do the same in drumming ? 
Cuaprer XXX.—This chapter is itself an analysis. 
for Study.—If interested in the kinship of the birds, read up, 
if possible, from cyclopedia or other source a bit about the con- 
necting links (see “ connecting links” in index), 
Some of those of especial interest on the diagram are the 
Apteryx (or kiwi), between groups 4 and 8, the tinamous (4-5), the 
button quails (5-9), the hoactzin (7, between 5 and 8 and 5 and 
26), jJacanas (8-9), the sand grouse and geophaps (between 5-6 
and 6-9), the bustards and thick-knees (8-9), the mesites (10-15 2), 
trumpeters (10-5 %), the seriemas (10-16), the secretary bird (15- 
16), the flamingo (14, between 18 and 15), the screamers (13-52), 
the dromas (9-19-22), the sea runners (22-21), the sun-grebes and 
finfoots (8-12), the tropie bird (19-20), the oil bird and frog- 
mouth (17-27), the owl-parrot (17-24?) the broadbill and lyre bird 
(81 and 382), as bordering on to the Passeres. 
Within these latter such links as cowbird, bobolink, wagtails, 
honey creepers, wrentits, dippers, etc., may be interesting. 
CuapreR XXXI.—An analysis itself. 
For Study.—lf further interested, compare the orders men- 
tioned here with descriptions of orders in any zodlogical text- 
book. Compare the keys to the orders in Chapman’s Handbook, 
Ridgway’s Manual, or Coues’s Key. 
Examine the claws, toes, shank, wing shape, primaries, beak, 
nostrils, and tail shape of every bird falling in your way. 
CuapreR XXXII.—The essentials of home study of birds are 
principally interest and attention. Small facilities followed up 
may do much. Window views of creepers, nuthatches, titmice, 
chickadees, kinglets, woodpeckers, sapsuckers, warblers generally, 
vireos, hummingbirds, snowbirds, blackbirds, flickers, jays, screech 
owls, mocking birds, robins, bluebirds, orioles, cowbirds, and house 
wrens are noted as being obtained without effort. 
Finally.—If you have read this book thoughtfully, you will 
feel a new and affectionate interest in our feathered friends, and 
when you are out of doors you will look for the birds, and learn 
many useful lessons from them, 
