CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 3 



Preface 5 



List of Illustrations 11 



PART I. A PAGEANT OF SPRING. 

 Chapter. 



I. The Gifts of August 15 



II. September Revelry 29 



III. October the Witching 44 



IV. The Passing 56 



V. With Children in Birdland 70 



PART II. BIOGRAPHIES OF BIRDLAND. 



VI. The Idyll of the Blossom-Birds 85 



VII. The Aristocracy of the Crest 101 



VIII. Days Among the Robins 120 



IX. Fine Feathers and Fine Birds 137 



X. The Spirit of Australia 155 



XI. The Paradise Parrot Tragedy 171 



Index 189 



List of Scientific Names . 194 



