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Tables of Contents for Trogons, Laughing Falcons, and Other Neotropical Birds
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
vii
2
Preface
ix
2
Acknowledgments
xi
1. Beauty with a Handicap
3
14
2. Glimpses of Wood-Quails
17
6
3. Snake Eaters in a Garden
23
11
4. When Less Yields More
34
11
5. A Melodious Saltator
45
4
6. The Tinkling Hummingbird
49
12
7. The Violet-headed Hummingbird
61
13
8. The Long-tailed Hermit Hummingbird
74
16
9. The Long-billed Starthroat Hummingbird
90
8
10. The Parasitic Striped Cuckoo
98
6
11. A Paradoxical Relationship
104
10
12. The Endangered Horned Guan
114
6
13. The Sounds of Wings
120
10
14. Three Flycatching Kites
130
26
15. A Versatile Flycatcher
156
9
16. The Birdlike Monkeys
165
5
17. Stilt Palms, Birds, and Other Users
170
11
18. Living with Chachalacas
181
14
19. The Strenuous Lives of Migratory Birds
195
11
Epilogue: The Birds I Love
206
5
Bibliography
211
4
Index
215