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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CHAPTER I.—-'l‘nE STUDY or URNI'I‘HHLUUY. . . . . 1 Systematic Ornithology. . . . . . . . 2 Philosophic Ornithology . . . . . . . 3 Economic Ornithology . . . . . . . . 6 Sentiment of Ornithology . . . . . . . 8 CHAPTER II.—TIII: STUDY or Bians i)l"1‘-0Iv‘-DUORS . . . 10 How to Identify Birds . . . . . . . . 10 How to Find Birds . . . . . . . . 11 When to Find Birds . . . . . . . . 1‘3 Tables of Migration . . . . . . . . 15 The Nesting Season . . . . . . . . 19 Note-books and Journals . . . . . . t 20

CHAPTER III.—COLLI~:eTIxo Bums, THEIR Nicsrs, AND Boos . ‘23

Collecting Birds . . . . . . . . . 23 Making Birdskins . . . . . . . . . 24 Sexing Birds . . . . 27 Cataloguing and Laheling . . . . . . . 2% (‘are of a Collection . . . . . . . . 29 Collecting and Preserving Nests and Eggs . . . . 29 PLAN or THE WORK. . . . . . . . . . :32 Nomenclature adopted . . . . . . . . :12 Definition of 'l‘orins . . . . . . . . 32 The Key to Families . . , . . . . . 32 The Keys to Species . . . . . . . . 3 Measurements . . . . . . . . . :57 Range . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Biographies . . . . . . t . . . 2’» Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . 39 ('olor Chart . . . . . . . . . . 31) LIST ‘IF ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . 40

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