CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PBEFACE xi 



KEY TO THE OBDEBS OP NOBTH AMEBICAN BIBDS. . . xiv 



CHAPTER 



I. THE LESSON A GOOSE STABTED 1 



II. THE HOBNED GBEBE 5 



III. THE GBEAT DIVEB 11 



KEY TO PYGOPODES 17 



IV. THE CALIFOBNIA GULL 18 



V. THE BLACK TEBN 26 



KEY TO LONGIPENNES AND TUBINABES. 32 



VI. THE DOUBLE-CBESTED COBMOBANT 33 



VII. THE WHITE FISHEB 37 



KEY TO STEGANOPODES 44 



VIII. JOHNNIE GBEENHEAD 45 



IX. JIMMY THE GOOSE 59 



X. LADY JANE THE SWAN 65 



XI. THE SHITEPOKE 75 



KEY TO HEBODIONES 80 



XII. THE SILENT DANCER 81 



XIII. THE SOBA RAIL 88 



XIV. THE AMEBICAN COOT 93 



KEY TO PALUDICOL^ 97 



XV. THE KILLDEEB 98 



KEY TO LIMICOL^ 103 



XVI. LADY BETTY'S HUSBAND 104 



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