CONTENTS. 



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Sprjng in Western Oregon — The Booming of the Sooty Grouse 188 



A Winter Resident — The Ruffed Grouse 194 



The Eaves-swallow : now she came and built her Nest . 201 



The Eaves-swallow : how she changed her Style of Building 208 



Knights and Castles — The Purple Martin ..... 213 



Some Caged Pine Grosbeaks 219 



The Bird Invisible — The Cuckoo . ...... 225 



A Dead Beat — The Cow-bird ....... 230 



The Nest in the Pasture Spruce ...... 236 



How THE Shrike hunts ......... 242 



How the Robin gets his Worm ....... 248 



The Strange Things Birds do and the Strange Things they 



SAY 253 



APPENDIX. 



Zoogeographical Divisions of the World 

 Migration ...... 



Hints on observing Birds 



Hints on identifying Strange Live Birds 



Certain Questions answered 



Lists of Books ..... 



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