Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429) and index.

Naturalist -- Counting crows -- Fledging -- Portrait of the naturalist as a young man -- Sailing North -- The scientists' apprentice -- Bronx Zoological Park -- Widening horizons -- Nestbuilding -- Ornithologist -- Flying South -- Migration -- The naturalist as author -- Rain forest at last -- In search of wildness -- City lights -- Pheasant jungles -- Western Himalayas -- Bearing East -- Recalibration -- Betrayal -- Wilderness found -- Jungle peace -- Marine Biologist -- The Encantadas -- New York Aerie -- The Arcturus adventure -- Fire and water -- Elswyth -- Bermuda diary -- Out of the depths -- On the air -- Half mile down -- Fishing -- Tropical ecologist -- Ocean to jungle -- Rancho Grande -- High jungle -- Simla -- Home to roost -- Simla sunset. Annotation Annotation