THE BIRD

To Madame Michelet.

Translator's Preface.

Contents.

How the Author was led to the Study of Nature.

THE EGG.

THE POLE. AQUATIC BIRDS.

THE WING.

THE FIRST FLUTTERINGS OF THE WING.

TRIUMPH OF THE WING. THE FRIGATE BIRD.

THE SHORES. DECAY OF CERTAIN SPECIES.

THE HERONRIES OF AMERICA. WILSON, THE ORNITHOLOGIST.

THE COMBAT. THE TROPICAL REGIONS.

PURIFICATION.

DEATH. BIRDS OF PREY.—(THE RAPTORES).

THE LIGHT. THE NIGHT.

STORM AND WINTER. MIGRATIONS.

MIGRATIONS: CONTINUED. THE SWALLOW.

HARMONIES OF THE TEMPERATE ZONE.

THE BIRD AS THE LABOURER OF MAN.

LABOUR. THE WOODPECKER.

THE SONG.

THE NEST. ARCHITECTURE OF BIRDS.

THE COMMUNITIES OF BIRDS. ESSAYS AT A REPUBLIC.

EDUCATION.

THE NIGHTINGALE. ART AND THE INFINITE.

THE NIGHTINGALE: CONTINUED.

CONCLUSION.

ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES.

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