| FOREWORD |
| PREFACE |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
| INTRODUCTION |
| PART I. THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| CHAPTER |
| 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| PART II. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT |
| 2 ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION |
| 3 HABITATS OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| 4 HISTORY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| 5 PRESENT DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBERS OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| PART III. ECOLOGY OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| 6 POPULATION DENSITY AND INDIVIDUAL RANGE |
| 7 HISTORY OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER POPULATION IN THE SINGER TRACT |
| 8 FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS |
| 9 THE EFFECT OF QUANTITY OF FOOD ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| 10 OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| 11 GENERAL HABITS AND BEHAVIOR |
| PART IV. REPRODUCTIVE AND NESTING HABITS |
| 12 TERRITORY AND COURTSHIP |
| 13 NEST BUILDING AND THE NEST |
| 14 EGGS AND INCUBATION |
| 15 CARE OF YOUNG |
| 16 NESTING SUCCESS AND CAUSES OF NESTING FAILURE |
| 17 SUMMARY OF THE REPRODUCTIVE HABITS OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| PART V. CONSERVATION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| 18 REQUIREMENTS AND GENERAL POLICY OF A CONSERVATION PROGRAM |
| 19 PRINCIPAL IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER LOCALITIES |
| 20 SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
| "PART VI. SUMMARY OF THE ECOLOGY, LIFE HISTORY AND CONSERVATION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER" |
| APPENDIX |
| A NOMENCLATURE |
| B TAXONOMY AND RELATED SPECIES |
| C PLUMAGES AND ANATOMY |
| D MEASUREMENTS |
| E SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF TREE SPECIES MENTIONED IN TEXT |
| REFERENCES CITED |
| INDEX |