From the Book - Second edition.
Albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters
Pelicans, boobies, and frigatebirds
Rails, coots, cranes, and limpkin
Tyrant flycatchers and becard
Gnatcatchers, kinglets, and others
Mockingbirds, thrashers, starlings, accentors, wagtails, and pipits
Waxwings, silky-flycatchers, oliver warbler, and longspurs
From the Book - First edition
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Classification of birds -- Learning to classify birds -- Variation in appearance -- Learning songs and calls -- Finding rare birds -- Ethics -- Extinct species --
Bird topography: Parts of a passerine -- Head feathers -- Body feathers -- Wing feathers -- Parts of a shorebird -- Parts of a duck -- Parts of a gull -- Molt and plumage --
North American birds species accounts: Loons
Albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters
Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Jays, crows, and their allies
Chickadees and their allies
Old World warblers, thrushes, and their allies
Silky-flycatchers and bulbuls
Tanagers, cardinals, and their allies
Emberizine sparrows and their allies
Finches and Old World sparrows.
