CONTENTS 



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I. The Hummingbird at Home .... 3 



II. The Chickadee 15 



III. Photographing Flickers 25 



IV. The Yellow-throat 35 



V. A Family of Grosbeaks 45 



VI. The Red-tailed Hawk 57 



VII. Jack Crow 69 



VIII. The Owl, Bird of Night 81 



IX. Rearing a Wren Family 91 



X. The Weaver of the West 105 



XI. Jimmy the Butcher-bird 115 



XII. The Warbler and His Ways .... 127 



XIII. Kingfishers 139 



XIV. Sparrow Row 151 



XV. Two Studies in Blue 163 



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