CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 1 



Chapter L — The Study of Ornithology 1 



Systematic Ornithology 2 



Philosophic Ornithology 3 



Economic Ornithology 6 



Sentiment of Ornithology 8 



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



How to Identify Birds 10 



How to Find Birds 11 



When to Find Birds ■ . . .13 



Tables of Migration . . . . . . . .15 



The Nesting Season 11' 



Note-books and Journals 20 



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



Collecting Birds 23 



Making Birdskins 24 



' Sexing Birds 27 



Cataloguing and Labeling 28 



Care of a Collection . 29 



Collecting and Preserving Nests and Eggs . . . .29 



Plan of the Work • . . . . .32 



Nomenclature adopted . . . . . . . .32 



Definition of Terms 32 



The Key to Families 32 



The Keys to Species 34 



Measurements 37 



Range 37 



Biographies 38 



Illustrations 39 



Color Chart 39 



List of Abbreviations 40 



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