CONTENTS. 



PAQJS 



Title i 



Dedication iii 



Contents • . v 



HisTOBicAi Peepace . xi 



PART I. 



EIELD ORNITHOLOGY. 



5 1. Implements for collecting, and their use . . . . ' 1 



§ 3. Dogs 9 



§ 3. Various suggestions and directions for iield-work 9 



§ 4. Hygiene of coUectorsMp 19 



§ 5. Registration and labelling . 21 



§ 6. Instruments, materials, and fixtures for preparing birdskins 25 



§ 7. How to make a birdskin 28 



§ 8. Miscellaneous particulars 4,5 



§ 9. Collection of nests and eggs 50 



§10. Care of a collection 54 



PART II. 



GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. 



1. Definition of birds 59 



a. Principles and practice of classification 65 



3. Definitions and descriptions of the. exterior parts of birds 83 



a. Of the feathers, or plumage . 82 



b. The topography of birds 91 



1. Regions of the body 94 



2. Of the members ; their parts and organs 100 



i. The bill 100 



ii. The -wings 106 



iii. Thetail 114 



iv. The feet 118 



