# Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds/TOC

CONTENTS.
* CHAP.PAGE
* I.— The bird, its place in Nature and relation to man ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* Place in Nature — Relation to man.
* II.— The living bird ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14
* Factors of evolution — The wing, its form and uses — The tail, its form and uses — The foot, its form and uses — The bill, its form and uses.
* III.— Colors of birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
* Color and age — Color and season — The molt — Color and food — Color and climate — Color and haunt and habit — Color and sex.
* IV.— The migration of birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
* Extent of migration — Times of migration— Manner of migration — Origin of migration.
* V.— The voice of birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63
* Song — Call-notes.
* VI.— The nesting season ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
* Time of nesting—Mating—The nest—The eggs—The young.
* VII.— How to identify birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
* A bird's biography.
* Field key to our common Land Birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................75
* PAGE
* The Water Birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
* Diving Birds — Long-winged Swimmers — Tube-nosed Swimmers — Lamellirostral Swimmers — Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. — Cranes, Rails, etc. — Shore Birds.
* The Land Birds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
* Gallinaceous Birds — Pigeons and Doves — Birds of Prey — Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc. — Woodpeckers — Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds — Perching Birds.