Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds/TOC

by Frank Michler Chapman

CONTENTS.

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1. CHAP.

   PAGE

2. I.—

   The bird, its place in Nature and relation to man ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

3. Place in Nature — Relation to man.

4. II.—

   The living bird ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   14

5. Factors of evolution — The wing, its form and uses — The tail, its form and uses — The foot, its form and uses — The bill, its form and uses.

6. III.—

   Colors of birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   35

7. Color and age — Color and season — The molt — Color and food — Color and climate — Color and haunt and habit — Color and sex.

8. IV.—

   The migration of birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   48

9. Extent of migration — Times of migration— Manner of migration — Origin of migration.

10. V.—

    The voice of birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    63

11. Song — Call-notes.

12. VI.—

    The nesting season ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    64

13. Time of nesting—Mating—The nest—The eggs—The young.

14. VII.—

    How to identify birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    71

15. A bird's biography.

16. Field key to our common Land Birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    75

17. PAGE

18. The Water Birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    84

19. Diving Birds — Long-winged Swimmers — Tube-nosed Swimmers — Lamellirostral Swimmers — Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. — Cranes, Rails, etc. — Shore Birds.

20. The Land Birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    100

21. Gallinaceous Birds — Pigeons and Doves — Birds of Prey — Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc. — Woodpeckers — Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds — Perching Birds.