TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Introduction by John Burroughs vii 



Preface ix 



List of Colored Plates . . ' xi 



I. Bird Families: 



Their Characteristics and the Representatives of Each 



Family included in " Bird Neighbors " . . i 



II. Habitats of Birds 17 



III. Seasons of Birds 25 



IV. Birds Grouped According to Size .... 33 



V. Descriptions of Birds Grouped According to Color : 



Birds Conspicuously Black 39 



Birds Conspicuously Black and White . . . 51 



Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored Birds ... 65 



Blue and Bluish Birds 97 



Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and 



Gray Sparrowy Birds 1 13 



Green, Greenish Gray, Olive, and Yellowish Olive 



Birds 167 



Birds Conspicuously Yellow and Orange . . 187 



Birds Conspicuously Red of any Shade . . . 213 



Index .......... 229 



