The Migration of Birds

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T. A. Coward

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF MAPS

CHAPTER I MIGRATION OF BIRDS

CHAPTER II CAUSE AND ORIGIN OF MIGRATION

CHAPTER III ROUTES

CHAPTER IV THE HEIGHT AND SPEED OF MIGRATION FLIGHT

CHAPTER V ORIENTATION AND ROUTE FINDING

CHAPTER VI THE DISTANCES TRAVELLED BY BIRDS

CHAPTER VII MIGRATION AND WEATHER

CHAPTER VIII THE PERILS OF MIGRATION

CHAPTER IX EARLY IDEAS OF MIGRATION

CHAPTER X SUGGESTIONS AND GUESSES

CHAPTER XI SUMMARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Transcriber's Note:

The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature

THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS

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