CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Description of the Different Parts of Birds — Classifi- 

 cation : Raptores, Insessores, Scansores, Rasores, 

 Grallatores, Natatores — On tlie Flight of Birds — 

 Their Plumage, Instinct, Migration, Nests, Eggs, 

 Generic Divisions Page 11 



CHAPTER II. 



INSESSORES: PASSEBES— OSOJNFS. 



Description of the Bobolink by "Washington Irving" 

 — Cow-bird — Red-winged Blackbird — Baltimore 

 Oriole — Bullock's Oriole — Orchard Oriole — Meadow 



Lark — Raven 80 



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