CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE vii 



INTRODUCTION xi 



PART I. 

 TRAVELS ABOUT HOME 



The Ways of Jays 5 



A Morning with Meadowlarks 15 



Bird-Nesting with Burroughs 20 



A Nighthawk Incident 29 



PART II. 



THE BIRD-LIFE OF Two ATLANTIC COAST ISLANDS 



Gardiner's Island 38 



Cobb's Island 63 



PART III. 

 FLORIDA BIRD-LIFE 



Pelican Island 83 



The Florida Great Blue Heron and the Water Turkey 113 



The American Egret 123 



Cuthbert Rookery 1 35 



PART IV. 

 BAHAMA BIRD-LIFE 



The Flamingo 155 



The Egg Birds 1Q2 



The Boobv and the Man-o'-War Bird . . . 200 



