TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XVII 



PAGE 



A Midsummer Excursion 249 



Bobolink — Orchard Oriole — Baltimore Oriole — Cowbird — 

 Red-winged Blackbird — Purple Grackle — Meadowlark. 



CHAPTER XVIII 

 Crows and their Cousins « . 275 



American Crow — Blue Jay. 



CHAPTER XIX 

 A Feathered Fisherman 281 



The Osprey. 



CHAPTER XX 

 Some Sky Sweepers ..... o .. . 284 

 Kingbird — Phoebe — Wood Pewee. 



CHAPTER XXI 



HUM3IERS AND ChIMNEY SwEEPS ....... 291 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird — Chimney Swift. 



CHAPTER XXII 

 Two Winged Mysteries , 301 



Nighthawk — Whip-poor-will. 



CHAPTER XXIII 

 A Laughing Family 306 



Downy Woodpecker — Red-headed Woodpecker — Flicker 



— Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



CHAPTER XXIV 



Two Odd Fellows .318 



Kingfisher — Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



CHAPTER XXV 



Cantsibals in Court 324 



Bald Eagle — Golden Eagle — Screech Owl — Long-eared 

 Owl — Snowy Owl — Great Horned Owl — Marsh Hawk 



— Sharp-shinned Hawk — Red-shouldered Hawk — Spar- 

 row Hawk 



