CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PREFACE . _ v ii 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ... ix 



INTRODUCTION xv 



I. A NEW METHOD OF BIRD STUDY AND PHOTOGRAPHY . . . i 

 II. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE METHOD: THE CEDAR-BIRD; THE BALTIMORE 



ORIOLE; THE REDWING BLACKBIRD, AND THE KINGBIRD . . .17 



III. TENT AND CAMERA: THE TOOLS OF BIRD-PHOTOGRAPHY ... 29 



IV. THE ROBIN AT ARM'S LENGTH; A STUDY OF INDIVIDUALITY . . 36 



V. THE CEDAR-BIRD ........... 52 



VI. RED-EYED VIREOS 64 



VII THE NEST-HOLE OF THE BLUEBIRD .71 



VIII. MINUTE OBSERVATIONS ON CATBIRDS 76 



IX. THE REARING OF THE NIGHT HAWK ....... 80 



X. THE KINGFISHERS AND THEIR KING Row 86 



XL CARE OF YOUNG AND NEST ......... 94 



L BROODING AND FEEDING THE YOUNG. 

 II. CLEANING THE NEST. 



XII. THE FORCE OF HABIT . in 



XIII. FEAR IN BIRDS . ' . 117 



XIV. TAMING WILD BIRDS WITHOUT A CAGE 125 



INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 



