There are four families of boys in the known universe: Artsy, Athletic, Gainfully Employed, and Casual. For your reading pleasure, here are descriptions of all four families, the names of every known species in each, and complete listings for two boys in each family. May your boywatching be fruitful!"

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Especially for our Internet readers, here's a listing from the next edition of the Field Guide. It's not in the book. It's all yours.

Key to Symbols
Each listing in the Field Guide is accompanied by adorable, useful icons which tell you a bit more about a given boy. Here's a key to the icons used. You may wish to bookmark it, so you will be able to refer to it when you become addled by a particularly foxy specimen. If you click on the words "Key to Symbols," another browser window will open for you to keep on your desktop for reference as you peruse the boy pages.