CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER I 



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INTRODUCTION ....... I 



CHAPTER n 

 Early Days and Early Ways .... 5 



CHAPTER HI 

 Colours and Coloration ..... 26 



CHAPTER IV 



Milestones of Evolution ..... 40 



' CHAPTER V 



Young Birds in the Nursery .... 54 



CHAPTER' VI 

 Coloration ....... 97 



CHAPTER VII 

 Young Birds and the Records of the Past . 114 



CHAPTER VIII 



Reptiles and their Progeny . , . .156 



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