CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



The Goldfinch i 



The Phoebe 3 



Verses 6 



The Robin 7 



The Oriole ' . 1 1 



Heralds of the Summer ... 13 



The Bluebird 15 



The Coming of the Birds . . . iS 



The Indigo Bird 19 



The Story of a Grouse .... 21 



Bird Acquaintance 24 



Bills of Fare 26 



Gull Dick 29 



Verses 30 



The Owl 31 



The Scarlet Tanager .... 36 



The Politest Bird ^l 



A Family of Backwoodsmen . . 40 



The Downy Woodpecker . 41 



The Flicker 44 



The Sapsucker 47 



A Second Sparrow Study ... 49 

 The Song Sparrow and the 



Chipping Sparrow . . . . 51 



How Birds Pass the Night . . 54 



The Blue Jay 56 



Bird Homes 58 



The Nest as an Oven ... 59 



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The Kingbird 63 



The Warbler Family . . . . 67 



A Clever Wren ....!. 68 



Audubon and the House 



Wren 69 



The Wren 70 



At the Bath -jt^ 



The Catbird 75 



Verses 78 



Nest Builders 79 



The Swallows 84 



Verses 85 



The Barn Swallow 86 



The Red-winged Blackbird . . 89 



About Birds' Toes 91 



Bob White 95 



Audubon and the Phoebes ... 98 



How Young Birds Get Fed . . 99 



Food of Birds 100 



When a Bird Changes his Clothes 103 



A Bird in the Hand 106 



Bird Passports 113 



The Bird of Many Names . . .117 

 The Bobolink . . . . . . .119 



Gypsy Birds 121 



Foster-Mothers 123 



Two Father Birds 126 



Born in a Boat 1 28 



