Synopses & Reviews
BIRD NEIGHBORS. AN INTRODUCTORY ACQUAINTANCE WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BIRDS COMMONLY FOUND IN THE GARDENS, MEADOWS, AND WOODS ABOUT OUR HOMES BY NELTJE BLANCHAN WITH INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURROUGHS WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR AND IN BLACK AND WHITE . 1897, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS TO THE NATURE LIBRARY . vii INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURROUGHS xvii PREFACE xix LIST OF COLORED PLATES xxi LIST OF HALF-TONE PLATES xxiii I. BIRD FAMILIES Their Characteristics and the Representatives of Each Family included in Bird Neighbors . . i II. HABITATS OF BIRDS 17 III. SEASONS OF BIRDS 25 IV. BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO SIZE .... 33 V. DESCRIPTIONS OF BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO COLOR Birds Conspicuously Black ..... 39 Birds Conspicuously Black and White . . . 51 Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored Birds ... 65 Blue and Bluish Birds 97 Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and Gray Sparrowy Birds . . . . .113 Green, Greenish Gray, Olive, and Yellowish Olive Birds 167 Birds Conspicuously Yellow and Orange . . 187 Birds Conspicuously Red of any Shade . . .213 INDEX 229 THE NATURE LIBRARY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE READER BY JOHN BURROUGHS