TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I The Appeal of the Sport ...... 1 



II Hunting Game-Birds with the Camera. (Upland Game 



Birds.) . . 13 



III The Robbers of the Falls, and Others. (Hawks.) . 34 



IV The Bird of Night. (Owls.) 57 



V Strange Bed-Fellows. (Cuckoos and Kingfishers.) . 77 



VI Knights of the Chisel. (Woodpeckers.) . . .87 



VII Birds with a Handicap. (Goatsuckers and Hummers.) 101 



VIII Professional Fly-Catching. (Flycatchers.) . . . 124 



IX Crow Relatives. (Crows, Jays, Blackbirds, etc.) . . 139 



X A Puzzle in Birds. (Finches, Sparrows, etc.) . .156 



XI Our Priceless Sv/allows and Swifts . . . .178 



XII Four Neighbors Diverse. (Tanagers, Waxwings, Shrikes, 



Vireos.) 191 



XIII Feathered Gems. (The Warblers.) . . . .206 



XIV Thrush Cousins. (Thrashers, Wrens, Titmice, Kinglets, 



Thrushes, etc.) 230 



XV Water-Bird Waifs. (Wading and Swimming Birds.) . 251 



The Bird-House op Science of N. E. North America . 277 



A Bird Calendar ....... 280 



Index 



