[Contents.]
| 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] |
HOW THE AUTHOR WAS LED
TO
THE STUDY OF NATURE.
