Premiere 15 April 1959 Salle Gaveau Paris Yvonne Loriod piano
Dedication `à ses modèles ailés à pianiste Yvonne Loriod` to its winged models to pianist Yvonne Loriod
Book I
1. Le Chocard des Alpes [The Alpine Chough - Coracia gradulus]
2. Le Loriot [The Golden Oriole - Oriolus oriolus]
3. Le Merle bleu [The Blue Rock Thrush - Monticola solitarius]
Book II
4. Le Traquet Stapazin [The Black-eared Wheater - Oenanthe hispanica]
Book III
5. La Chouette Hulotte [The Tawny Owl - Strix aluco]
6. L`Alouette-Lulu [The Woodlark - Lullula arborea]
Book IV
7. La Rousserole Effarvatte [The Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus]
Book V
8. L`Alouette Calandrelle [The Short-toed Lark - Calandrella brachydactyla]
9. La Bouscarle [Cetti`s Warbler - Cettia cetti]
Book VI
10. Le Merle de roche [The Rock Thrush - Monticola saxatilis]
Book VII
11. La Buse variable [The Buzzard - Buteo buteo]
12. Le Traquet rieur [The Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucura]
13. Le Courlis cendre [The Curlew - Numenius arquata]