CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER I 



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Introduction ....... i 



CHAPTER II 

 Early Days and Early Ways . . . . S 



CHAPTER III 

 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 



