Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant form was
found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
Mid-paragraph illustrations have been moved between paragraphs
and some illustrations have been moved closer to the text that references them. The
pagination of corresponding index entries was corrected
The Contents table was added by the transcriber.
The index contains links to articles in other issues of Birds and Nature
magazine: