CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAOE 



I How TO Study the Birds 13 



II Suggested Exercises in Grouping Birds ... 25 



III Diving Birds 31 



IV Long-winged Swimmers 39 



V Ducks and Geese 57 



VI Wading Birds 89 



VII Marsh Birds 103 



VIII Shore Birds 121 



IX Quail, Grouse, Etc 153 



X Birds of Prey 177 



XI Woodpeckers, Cuckoos, Etc 213 



XII Goatsuckers, Humming-birds, Etc. .... 235 



XIII Flycatchers 253 



XIV Crows, Jays, Etc 265 



XV Blackbirds, Orioles, Etc 281 



XVI Finches, Sparrows, Etc 303 



XVII Insectivorous Birds 357 



XVIII Warblers 377 



XIX Thrashers, Wrens, Etc 419 



XX Creepers 435 



XXI Thrushes 451 



XXII Famous Foreign and Introduced Birds . . . 467 



XXIII Eggs and Feathers 517 



