CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION 1 



CHAPTER I. TII K STII>Y OK ORsmioixxiv 1 



Systematic Ornithology 2 



Philosophic Ornithology 3 



Economic Ornithology 6 



Sentiment of Ornithology b 



CHAPTER II. THE STUDY OK BIRDS OUT-OF-DOORS ... 10 



How to Identify Birds 10 



How to Find Birds 11 



When to Find Birds 12 



Tables of Migration IS 



The Nesting Season 1! 



Note-books and Journals 20 



CHAPTER III. <'<>I.I.K. TIXO BIRDS, TIIKIR NKSTS, ASD Kmis 



Collecting Birds 23 



Making Birdskins 24 



Sexing Birds 27 



Cataloguing and Labeling 28 



Care of a Collection 29 



Collecting and Preserving Nests and I-'^i^ .... 29 



PLAN or THE WORK 33 



Nomenclature adopted 88 



Definition of Trrms 88 



The Key to Families 88 



The Keys to Species 84 



Measurements 87 



Range 87 



Biographies 88 



Illustrations 89 



Color Chart 89 



LIST or ABBREVIATIONS 40 



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