CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Preface v 



Publishers' Note vii 



Contents ix 



Introduction xiii 



CHAPTERS. 



I. The Mysteries of Migration (\9th March) 1 



II. Geese (2fith March) 5 



III. Duck (2nd April) 9 



IV. Snipe (9th April) 13 



V. Woodcock (16th April) . 17 



VI. Rooks and Crows (23rd April) 21 



VII. The Crow's Cousins (30th April) 25 



VIII. Some Shanghai Singing Birds (1th Mail) 39 



IX. Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (14th May) 33 



X. Cuckoos (21st May) 37 



XI. Nests and Nestlings (28th May) . . 41 



XII. Flycatchers (4th June) 46 



XIII. The Kingfishers (llth June) 50 



XIV. Orioles and Boilers (18*7* June.) 54 



XV. The Finches (25th June) 58 



XVI. The Tit Family (2nd July) 62 



XVII. Woodpeckers (9th July) 66 



XVIII. Pigeons, Doves and Sand-Grouse (16t/i July) 70 



XIX. Swallows, Martins, Swifts, and Night-Jars (23-jy? July) . . 74 



XX. The Shrikes (30th July) 78 



XXI. Mynas, Starlings, etc. (6th August) 82 



XXII. Plovers (ISfh August) 86 



XXIII. Plovers and Sandpipers (20th August) 90 



XXIV. Curlews, Whimbrels (27th Aunust) 95 



XXV. Bustards, Rails, etc. (3rd September) 99 



XXVI. Quails (10th September) 103 



XXVII. Partridges (llth September) 107 



XXVIII Pheasants (24th September) Ill 



XXIX. Pheasants. (Continued) (1st October) .115 



XXX. Pheasants. (Concluded) (8th October) 110 



XXXI. Gulls (15th October) 123 



XXXII. Terns (22n<i October) 127 



XXXIII. Cormorants and Pelicans (29f/i October) 132 



X \\lV.-The Ibis and Crane (olh November) 137 



XXXV. Wagtails and Buntings (12th November) 141 



XXXVI. Autumn Migrants (19th November) 145 



