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Tables of Contents for The New York Times Book of Birds
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
4
The Evolution of Birds
Feathered Dinosaur or Flightless Bird: A New Find Stirs the Dust
5
7
John Noble Wilford
Two Clues Supporting Idea That Birds Arose from Dinosaurs
12
4
Malcolm W. Browne
Very Early Bird Had a Way to Catch Worms: In a Beak
16
4
John Noble Wilford
Fossil ``Terror Bird'' Offers Clues to Evolution
20
7
Walter Sullivan
Family Life of Birds
Biologists Tell a Tale of Interfering In-Laws
27
7
Natalie Angier
Mating for Life? It's Not for the Birds or the Bees
34
8
Natalie Angier
For Warblers, More Songs Lead to More Extramarital Flings
42
3
Jane E. Brody
Egret Chicks in the Nest Are Natural Born Killers
45
5
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Designing Birds Impress Their Mates with Fancy Decor
50
9
Jane E. Brody
The Minds of Birds
Second Greatest Toolmaker? A Title Crows Can Crow About
59
5
Malcolm W. Browne
To Remember Seed Caches, Bird Grows New Brain Cells
64
6
Natalie Angier
Brainy Parrots Dazzle Scientists, but Threat of Extinction Looms
70
7
William K. Stevens
Not Just Music, Bird Song Is a Means of Courtship and Defense
77
7
Jane E. Brody
Gene May Help Birds Tune Out Sour Notes and Tune In Rivals
84
7
Natalie Angier
Bird Biology and Behavior
Thuggish Cuckoos Use Muscle to Run Egg Protection Racket
91
5
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
For Remote Bird Species, the Sex of Hatchlings Is No Surprise
96
4
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Seeking Food, Some Sea Birds Rely on the Sense of Smell
100
3
Les Line
Raptors Found to Track Prey's Ultraviolet Trail
103
2
Walter Sullivan
Eggs on Feet and Far from Shelter, Male Penguins Do a Shuffle
105
5
Malcolm W. Browne
Juvenile Penguins Go Beyond Safe Area
110
2
Les Line
Why Birds and Bees, Too, Like Good Looks
112
6
Natalie Angier
Canary Chicks: Not All Created Equal
118
6
Natalie Angier
Rabbits Beware! Some Birds of Prey Hunt in Packs
124
6
William K. Stevens
Meek Bird's Survival Secret: Picking Protective Neighbors
130
2
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
The All-Common Crow Has Much in Common with Human Neighbors
132
7
Jane E. Brody
Birds and Ecology
For Clues to Antarctica's Health, Ask a Penguin
139
5
Malcolm W. Browne
More Than Decoration, Songbirds Are Essential to Forests' Health
144
4
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Hornbills Are Lynchpins of Indonesian Rain Forest
148
4
Les Line
Hummingbirds Bear Mixed Gift to Flowers in Tropical Forest
152
7
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Migration
Migrating Birds Set Compasses By Sunlight and Stars
159
5
Malcolm W. Browne
Aircraft to Play Mother Goose in Unusual Rescue Experiment
164
4
Les Line
Tiny Transmitters Make It Possible to Track Peregrines Day by Day
168
4
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Songbird Migrations Tracked with Nocturnal Eavesdropping
172
3
Les Line
Bird-Watching Biologists See Evolution on the Wing
175
6
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Protecting American Birds
Majestic Species' Fate May Ride on Wings of Six Freed Condors
181
4
Verne G. Kopytoff
Forest Decline in North Cited in Songbird Loss
185
3
Malcolm W. Browne
Snow Geese Survive All Too Well, Alarming Conservationists
188
5
Jane E. Brody
Birds Rescued in Spills Do Poorly, Study Finds
193
3
Verne G. Kopytoff
Kirtland's Warbler Finally Finds Lots of Burned Forest to Call Home
196
3
Les Line
Who Will Come to Duck's Rescue? Ancient Forebears Are Enlisted
199
2
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Predicting Bird Extinctions from Deforestation
201
3
Sarah Jay
Effort to Reintroduce Thick-Billed Parrots in Arizona Is Dropped
204
3
Sarah Jay
Decoys in Maine Lure Sea Birds, Gone a Century
207
4
Les Line
Prairie Ducks Return in Record Numbers
211
8
William K. Stevens
Protecting Birds Abroad
Exotic Birds, at Risk in Wild, May Be Banned as Imports to U.S.
219
5
Catherine Dold
Relative Puts Rare European Duck at Edge of Extinction
224
3
Teresa L. Waite
Mystery Surrounds Global Decline of Flying Robin-Size Predators
227
5
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Old Nemesis, DDT, Reaches Remote Midway Albatrosses
232
5
Les Line
Unusual Rescue Team, U.S. and Mexico, Tries to Save Rare Parrot
237
4
Anthony DePalma
Treaty Partners Study Fate of Birds at Polluted Mexican Lake
241
5
Anthony DePalma
A Former Resident of Guam Pins Survival Hopes on Another Island
246
3
Les Line
Acid Rain Is Cutting Birds' Reproduction in a Dutch Forest
249
3
Catherine Dold
India Watches in Vain for Migrating Siberian Crane Flock
252
3
Sanjoy Hazarika
Rare Bird Illuminates Bitter Dilemma
255
5
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Two-Nation Effort Aids Condors in Americas
260
5
Twig Mowatt
Birds and Birders
Flocks of Biologists Take Wing to Michigan for Mating Season
265
4
David Binder
Harsh Lessons of Survival at the Bird Feeder
269
3
Jane E. Brody
Army of Amateurs and Pros Discovers More Birds in Trouble
272
4
Les Line
A Lone Naturalist Defends Secret Places of the Falklands
276
7
Nathaniel Nash
Looking to the Future
Wild Turkeys Return to American Fields
283
5
Jane E. Brody
A Bird's Race Toward Extinction Is Halted
288
4
Jo Thomas
A Cleaner Harbor Lures Water Birds to New York
292
6
Jane E. Brody
Once Near Death, a Comeback Bird Thrives in Cities
298
Jane E. Brody