title: The Bird Care Book
author:  Sheldon L. Gerstenfeld 
description: <DIV><B>Sheldon L. Gerstenfeld, V.M.D.,</B> has practiced veterinary medicine for twenty years and heads the Chestnut Hill Veterinary Hospital/Bird Clinic in Philadelphia. He is also the author of <i>The Dog Care Book</i> and <i>The Cat Care Book,</i> serves as a contributing editor of <i>Parents</i> magazine, and hosts a radio talk show on pets. </Div></div>
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  # Birds of Prey
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### M.E. Braddon
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
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  BOOK THE FIRST. FATAL FRIENDSHIP.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE IN BLOOMSBURY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. PHILIP SHELDON READS THE “LANCET.”
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. MR. AND MRS. HALLIDAY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. A PERPLEXING ILLNESS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. THE LETTER FROM THE “ALLIANCE” OFFICE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI. MR. BURKHAM'S UNCERTAINTIES.
  
  
  BOOK THE SECOND. THE TWO MACAIRES.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. A GOLDEN TEMPLE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. THE EASY DESCENT
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. “HEART BARE, HEART HUNGRY, VERY POOR.”
  
  
  
  
  
  BOOK THE THIRD. HEAPING UP RICHES.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. A FORTUNATE MARRIAGE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. CHARLOTTE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. GEORGE SHELDON'S PROSPECTS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. DIANA FINDS A NEW HOME.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. AT THE LAWN.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI. THE COMPACT OF GRAY'S INN.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII. AUNT SARAH.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. CHARLOTTE PROPHESIES RAIN.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IX. 