CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. BIRDS AS TRAVELERS I 



II. PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY ... 8 



III. FIRST FLIGHTS 19 



IV. THE BIRDS' AIR LINE 31 



V. THE BIRDS' TIME-TABLE .... 47 



VI. THE DAY FLYERS 64 



VII. THE NIGHT FLYERS 76 



VIII. THE TRAVELS OF THE BOBOLINK ... 88 



IX. SOME FAMOUS BIRD TRAVELERS . . . 101 



X. THE DANGERS BY THE WAY . . .115 



XI. THE BIRDS' COMPASS 133 



XII. WHY BIRDS TRAVEL 148 



INDEX 159 



