TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS TO "THE NATURE LIBRARY" . vii 



INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURROUGHS xvii 



PREFACE xix 



LIST OF COLORED PLATES xxi 



LIST OF HALF-TONE PLATES xxiii 



I. BIRD FAMILIES: 



Their Characteristics and the Representatives of Each 



Family included in " Bird Neighbors " . . i 



II. HABITATS OF BIRDS 17 



III. SEASONS OF BIRDS 25 



IV. BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO SIZE .... 33 



V. DESCRIPTIONS OF BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO COLOR : 



Birds Conspicuously Black ..... 39 



Birds Conspicuously Black and White . . . 51 



Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored Birds ... 65 



Blue and Bluish Birds 97 



Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and 



Gray Sparrowy Birds . . . . .113 

 Green, Greenish Gray, Olive, and Yellowish Olive 



Birds 167 



Birds Conspicuously Yellow and Orange . . 187 



Birds Conspicuously Red of any Shade . . .213 



INDEX 229 



