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CONTENTS. 



To the Great and General Court 



of Massachusetts 158 



Birds' Enemies 162 



Families in Bird World . . . .169 



Feathers and Flight 172 



Flight 178 



The Snowy Egret 180 



The Wood Thrush 183 



The Brown Thrush 184 



Hawks 186 



Bird Language 1 90 



Some Strange Bird Music . . .193 



Bird Bills 195 



Appendix 199 



Index 212 



FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND COLORED I>ICTURES. 



A Pair of Goldfinches 



Robin 



Oriole 



Yellow Warbler . 

 Bluebird .... 



Owl 



Scarlet Tanager . 

 Cedar Bird . . . 

 Downy Woodpecker 

 The Song Sparrow 

 A Pair of Kingbirds 



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Louisiana Water Thrushes . . 67 



A Happy Pair 84 



Part of a Quail Family .... 96 



Black-throated Green Warblers . 100 



Winter Life 1 36 



Herring Gulls and their Nesting- 

 Places 144 



The Redstart 150 



A Pair of Orioles 1 56 



A Useful Hawk 188 



The Wood Thrush 192 



