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I.— THE BIRD AS AN INDIVIDUAL. 
THE BIRD IN POETRY 15 
THE BIRD AS A TEACHER 17 
THE NEST il 
MIGRATIONS 28 
II.— THE MOVEMENTS OF THE BIRD. 
MOTION A PLEASURE TO THE BIRD 39 
THE WING 41 
FACULTIES OP FLIGHT U 
CHARACTERISTIC MOVEMENT OP THE BIRD 46 
III.— INTELLIGENCE OF THE BIRD. 
THE ORGANS OP SENSE 49 
A DAY IN A bird's LIFE 55 
LOCALITIES OP THE BIRD 59 
THE CLIMAX OF INQUISITIVENESS 60 
IV.— THE 
A GENERAL RETROSPECT 63 
THE MOCKING-BIBD 67 
BIRDS OP JAMAICA 69 
THE TROPICAL FOREST ; 70 
THE VIRGIN FORESTS OF SOUTH AMERICA : 
THEIR BIRD-LIFE 76 
SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS 80 
MORE ABOUT THE HUMMLNG-BIRDS 94 
THE FLYCATCHERS 99 
THE WOODS AND PRAIRIES OP NORTH 
AMERICA 101 
BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES 102 
IN THE AMERICAN WOODS 110 
TROGLODYTES 113 
' OF THE BIRDS. 
THE TANAGER AND THE TIT 117 
ABOUT THE EAGLE 119 
A BATTLE IN THE AIR 127 
THE HAWKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD 131 
FALCONS AND FALCONRY 133 
THE HERON AND HERONRIES 138 
THE GREBE 149 
THE CALIFORNIAN QUAIL 153 
BIRDS AND OMENS 161 
MORE WATER-BIRDS 171 
BIRDS OP THE ISLES 177 
THE PENGUIN 195 
THE SOLAN GOOSE 200 
ARCTIC SEA-BIRDS 203 
