Part 2

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

THE BIRD.

How the Author was led to the Study of Nature.