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Tables of Contents for Encyclopedia of Birds
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
10
4
PART ONE THE WORLD OF BIRDS
Introducing Birds
14
5
Joseph Forshaw
Classifying Birds
19
4
Walter J. Bock
Birds Through the Ages
23
4
Joel Cracraft
Habitats & Adaptations
27
5
Hugh A. Ford
Bird Behavior
32
5
Peter J. B. Slater
Endangered Species
37
9
Alison Stattersfield
PART TWO KINDS OF BIRDS
Ratites & Tinamous
46
4
S.J.J.F. Davies
Albatrosses & Petrels
50
5
John P. Croxall
Penguins
55
3
Frank S. Todd
Divers & Grebes
58
3
Jon Fjeldsa
Pelicans & Their Allies
61
6
E. A. Schreiber
Herons & Their Allies
67
8
Kim W. Lowe
Penny Olsen
Raptors
75
6
Penny Olsen
Waterfowl & Screamers
81
7
Frank S. Todd
Gamebirds & The Hoatzin
88
7
Michael R. W. Rands
Cranes & Their Allies
95
7
George W. Archibald
Waders & Shorebirds
102
12
Colin J. O. Harrison
Pigeons & Sandgrouse
114
4
Francis H. J. Crome
Parrots
118
7
Joseph Forshaw
Turacos & Cuckoos
125
3
S. Marchant
Owls, Frogmouths & Nightjars
128
6
Penny Olsen
Swifts & Hummingbirds
134
4
Charles T. Collins
Mousebirds & Trogons
138
2
G. R. Cunningham-Van Someren
Joseph Forshaw
Kingfishers & Their Allies
140
12
Joseph Forshaw
Alan Kemp
Woodpeckers & Barbets
152
6
Lester L. Short
Broadbills & Pittas
158
4
H. Elliot McClure
Ovenbirds & Their Allies
162
4
Edwin O. Willis
Tyrant Flycatchers & Their Allies
166
3
Scott M. Lanyon
Lyrebirds & Scrub-Birds
169
2
G. T. Smith
Larks & Wagtails
171
3
P. A. Clancey
Peter L. Britton
Swallows
174
2
P. A. Clancey
Peter L. Britton
Cuckooshrikes
176
1
P. A. Clancey
Peter L. Britton
Bulbuls & Leafbirds
177
3
P. A. Clancey
Peter L. Britton
Shrikes & Vangas
180
2
P. A. Clancey
Peter L. Britton
Waxwings & Their Allies
182
1
H. Elliot McClure
Mockingbirds & Accentors
183
2
H. Elliot McClure
Dippers & Thrushes
185
3
Walter E. Boles
Babblers & Wrens
188
4
Walter E. Boles
Warblers & Flycatchers
192
4
Walter E. Boles
Fairy Wrens & Their Allies
196
2
Stephen Garnett
Logrunners
198
1
Stephen Garnett
Monarchs & Their Allies
199
3
Stephen Garnett
Tits
202
2
Walter E. Boles
Nuthatches & Treecreepers
204
1
Walter E. Boles
Honeyeaters & Their Allies
205
4
Terence Lindsey
Vireos
209
1
Kenneth C. Parkes
Buntings & Tanagers
210
4
Luis F. Baptista
Wood Warblers & Icterids
214
2
Kenneth C. Parkes
Finches
216
7
Anthony H. Bledsoe
Robert B. Payne
Starlings & Their Allies
223
2
Terence Lindsey
New Zealand Wattlebirds
225
1
Terence Lindsey
Magpie-Larks & Their Allies
226
2
Ian Rowley
Bowerbirds & Birds of Paradise
228
4
Clifford B. Frith
Crows & Jays
232
2
Ian Rowley
Further Reading
234
2
Index
236
4
Acknowledgments
240