CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 WATER-BIRDS IN THEIR HOMES: 



Little Studies in Environment. 



PAGB 



AMONG THE REEDS AND RUSHES The Grebe ; The Loon . . j . '8' 



AN ALASKAN ISLAND The Ancient Murrelet . ",' . . . 14 



OFF GRAND MANAN Jaegers . . , . . ' . . . 18 



THE HERRING GULL. / . t . '/., . ' '. . . 23 



ON THE FARRALONES Feeding Habits of Gulls on the Pacific Coast 30 



THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE JUNK o' PORK Leach's Petrel . 33 

 FEEDING HABITS OF THE FULMARS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN 



CALIFORNIA . . "., ."-.. . .'. ->. x -,'. 38 



THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PERCE Gannets . . . . . 42 



A CYPRESS SWAMP The Anhinga . . ,. . . ^ . 48 



THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAMINGO . , . . . 52 



THE SEA-BIRDS OF THE PLAINS Pelicans . .' ... 67 



PART II. 

 STRUCTURE AND COMPARISON: 



Little Studies in Differentiation. 



COMPARING BONES . . . .... . . . . 67 



THE FOOT OF A SWIMMING BIRD 71 



THE WING OF A BIRD . . . . . ' . . . 75 



A FEATHER . .81 



THE BIRD IN THE AIR 84 



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