TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. How TO INVITE BIRD NEIGHBOURS .... i 



II. THE RUBY-THROAT'S CATERERS ..... 19 



III. BIRD ARCHITECTURE 37 



IV. HOME LIFE -65 



V. NATURE'S FIRST LAW 91 



VI. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS 113 



VII. WHY BIRDS COME AND Go 141 



VIII. WHAT BIRDS Do FOR Us 163 



IX. SOME NATURALIZED FOREIGNERS 205 



INDEX 221 



