CONTENTS 



PAET I 

 FIELD ORNITHOLOGY 



SECTION PAGE 



I. Implements for CoiLBCriNa, and their Use . . 3 



II. Dogs ...... 



III. Various Suggestions and Directions for Field-Work 



IV. Hygiene of Colleotorship .... 



V. Registration and Labelling 



VI. Instruments, Materials, and Fixtures for preparing Bird- 

 skins . . . . . 



14 

 15 

 28 

 33 



38 



VII. How to make a Birdskin . . .42 



VIII. Miscellaneous Particulars . 68 



IX. Collection of Nests and Eggs . . 75 



X. Care op a Collection 82 



PAET II 



GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY 



I. Definition of Birds ... .91 



II. Principles and Practice of Classification . . 99 



III. Definitions and Descriptions of the Exterior Parts of Birds 123 



IV. An Introduction to the Anatomy of Birds . . 197 



