Contents 



Preface v 



i The education of a Seton Indian 1 



ii The spoonbill comes into its own 14 



in A giant of beauty and grandeur 29 



iv The whoopers still dance 48 



v On the migration battlefront 60 



vi Northern search 79 



vn Arctic adventures the search continued 103 



vin Rusty 119 



ix I learn of flamingos and hurricanes 135 



x The Pearl of the Antilles? 160 



xi Trouble in paradise 182 



xn The flamingo quadrille 197 



xin We find Terra Incognita! 212 



xiv The long flight back 234 



