CONTENTS. 



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Introduction . . i 



Chapter I.— The Study of Ornithology 1 



Systematic Ornithology ^ 



Philosophic Ornithology . ^ 



Economic Ornithology ^ 



Sentiment of Ornithology . . . • • • • ^ 



Chapter IL— The Study of Birds Out-of-Doors ... 10 



How to Identify Birds 10 



How to Find Birds 11 



When to Find Birds 1^ 



Tables of Migration 1^ 



The Nesting Season !•' 



Note-books and Journals 20 



Chapter III.— Collecting Birds, their Nests, and Eggs . 23 



Collecting Birds 23 



Making Birdskins 24 



Sexing Birds '^' 



Cataloguing and Labeling 28 



Care of a Collection 29 



Collecting and Preserving Nests and Eggs . . . .29 



Plan of the Work ^2 



Nomenclature adopted . . ' ^2 



Definition of Terms ^2 



The Key to Families ^2 



The Keys to Species ^'* 



Measurements ^' 



Range ^^ 



Biographies *^"- 



Illustrations *^*' 



Color Chart ^^ 



List of Abbreviations ^^ 



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