It covers the following divisions and subjects: PART I.A general description of Birds and an explanation of the technical terms used by ornithologists.
PART II.

Classification and description of each species with Key.
PART III.

The study of Birds in the field, with Key for their identification.
PART IV.

Preparation of Bird specimens.
The descriptions of the several species have been prepared with great care and present several advantages over those in other books.

They are short and so expressed that they may be recalled readily while looking at the bird.