CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface 5 



Topographical Chart of a Bird 8 



Introduction g 



Ornithology 9 



What Is a Bird? 9 



Naming Birds 10 



Characters of Birds 11 



Coloration 12 



Migration of Birds 13 



Value of Birds 15 



Birds of Eastern North z\merica 17 



How to Study Birds 425 



Local Lists 432 



Index 439 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Colored pictures of nearly every species named in the 

 Index. 



