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CONTENTS 



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The Praibie Chicken Ill 



Key to Galling 119 



The Mourning Dove 120 



The Turkey Buzzard 126 



The Bald Eagle 132 



Fleetwing the Sparrow Hawk 137 



Silent Wing the Great Horned Owl 144 



Key to Eaptores 156 



The Belted Kingfisher 157 



Key to Coccyges 166 



Picus the Flicker 167 



A Strange Nest 175 



The Chimney Swift 181 



eubythroat 188 



Key to Macrochires 197 



Jerry the Kingbird 199 



Sam Black 208 



The Bobolink 219 



The Grafter 224 



The Meadow Lark 229 



The Hanging Bird 234 



Peter the Goldfinch 241 



The Song Sparrow 247 



The Towhee 250 



The Cardinal 253 



The Indigo Bunting 258 



The Summer Tanager 261 



Flygood and Fleetwing 265 



The Cedar Waxwing 275 



The Butcher Bird 279 



The Red-Eyed Vireo 284 



The Yellow Warbler 287 



