TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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TO THE READER xi 



INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS : 



THE SPRING SONG 3 



THE BUILDING OF THE NEST 11 



THE WATER-BIRDS 21 



BIRDS OP AUTUMN AND WINTER 25 



HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 35 



SYNOPSIS OF FAMILIES A_.^ 4 . 43 



BIRD BIOGRAPHIES: 



PERCHING SONG-BIRDS . >,-".! . * , 57 



PERCHING SONGLESS BIRDS. . . .' 182 



BIRDS OP PREY '**} ^ 



PIGEONS, QUAILS, GROUSE . . . . .*.'. . . . 225 



SHORE AND MARSH BIRDS . . ... , . 231 



SWIMMING BIRDS 255 



KEY TO THE BIRDS 281 



INDEX OF ENGLISH NAMES 309 



INDEX OF LATIN NAMES . . 315 



