CONTENTS

Page
[Preface]
[Introduction]
Chapter
I.“Who is Jack Miner?”[1]
II.My First Pets[4]
III.Market Hunting[6]
IV.Our Faithful Dogs[8]
V.Bob White Quail[10]
VI.Raising English or Ring-necked Pheasants in Canada[19]
VII.The Natural Enemies of our Birds[22]
VIII.Some Things I have Known Cannibal Birds to Do[25]
IX.Weasels, and How to Destroy Them[31]
X.Robins[36]
XI.The Bluebirds[41]
XII.Woodpeckers[45]
XIII.The Swallow Family[47]
XIV.Wild Duck Hunting[52]
XV.Knowledge and Ways of the Wild Duck[58]
XVI.Do Birds Return to Their Same Homes?[63]
XVII.Birds as Missionary Messengers[68]
XVIII.How Wild Ducks Conceal Their Nests[72]
XIX.My Last Distinguished Family of Pet Ducks[75]
XX.Ducks’ Love Soon Ceases[79]
XXI.The Migration of Ducks[81]
XXII.Can Birds Smell?[88]
XXIII.The Canada Goose[92]
XXIV.Nesting Canada Geese[109]
XXV.Our Model Canada Goose[113]
XXVI.Do Birds Have a Language?[118]
XXVII.The Career of Jack Johnson[123]
XXVIII.The Migration of Our Canada Goose[130]
XXIX.Catching and Tagging the Wild Goose[142]
XXX.Game Protection[147]
XXXI.Creating a Bird Sanctuary[151]
XXXII.Our Native Swans[158]
XXXIII.The Line of Migration[162]
XXXIV.Inquiries and Answers[163]
XXXV.Sportsmanship[172]
XXXVI.Conclusion[178]