| INTRODUCTION. | | Page | | HOW THE AUTHOR WAS LED TO THE STUDY OF NATURE, | 13 | | PART FIRST. | | THE EGG, | 63 | | THE POLE—AQUATIC BIRDS, | 71 | | THE WING, | 81 | | THE FIRST FLUTTERINGS OF THE WING, | 91 | | TRIUMPH OF THE WING—THE FRIGATE BIRD, | 101 | | THE SHORES—DECAY OF CERTAIN SPECIES, | 111 | | THE HERONRIES OF AMERICA—WILSON, THE ORNITHOLOGIST, | 121 | | THE COMBAT—THE TROPICAL REGIONS, | 131 | | PURIFICATION, | 143 | | DEATH—BIRDS OF PREY (THE RAPTORES), | 153 | | PART SECOND. | | THE LIGHT—THE NIGHT, | 171 | | STORM AND WINTER—MIGRATIONS, | 181 | | MIGRATIONS, Continued—THE SWALLOW, | 193 | | HARMONIES OF THE TEMPERATE ZONE, | 205 | | THE BIRD AS THE LABOURER OF MAN, | 213 | | LABOUR—THE WOODPECKER, | 223 | | | THE SONG, | 235 | | THE NEST—ARCHITECTURE OF BIRDS, | 247 | | THE COMMUNITIES OF BIRDS—ESSAYS AT A REPUBLIC, | 257 | | EDUCATION, | 265 | | THE NIGHTINGALE—ART AND THE INFINITE, | 277 | | THE NIGHTINGALE, Continued, | 287 | | CONCLUSION, | 297 | | ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES, | 311 |
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