CONTENTS 



OHAFTEB PAGE 



I Their Place in Natube 3 



II Their Relation to Agriculture ... 24 



III Their Effect Upon Health and the "Works 



OF Man 51 



IV Domestic Fowl 59 



V Domestic Pigeons 86 



VI Birds Trained to Hunt 114 



VII Birds Trained to Perform 134 



VIII Ornamental Plumes 154 



IX Feather Industries . ; 176 



X Guano 196 



XI Birds as Food 213 



XII Game-birds 233 



XIII Game-laws 259 



XIV A Conservation Sketch 286 



Appendix ;. . . 302 



Index ,. , 307 



