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THE PROCESSION PASSES . : : ; c : ° oe 
The fall journey — Five Swallows and a changeling. 
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Two Birps THAT CAME Back . 5 5 e 2 102 
The Tame Crow and the English Starling. 
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Some MiscureEr Mas.ERS . 2 < c s pld4 
The American Crow, Blue Jay, me Purple Grace 
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Tue FLicut OF THE Birp . . . : é : ‘ . 186 
The wonders of flight. Some new facts about the migra- 
tions of birds. 
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Some Suspicious CHARACTERS . : A c 6 5 . 154 
Hawks and Owls — Two sides of the question. 
XIII 
TREE-TRUNK BIRDS . : : a LS 
The Woodpeckers — Sanne Nuthatch, Brown eae 
etc. 
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Four NotaBiss . : ‘ - 197 
Game birds at home— The Rutfed Guan Bob- wiitee 
Woodcock, and the Wood Duck. 
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Game Birps? . : > 27 
The plea of the Meadowlark, Mourning-Dove, conti 
Plovers, and Bobolink, the Masquerader. 
‘“SPARE US, PLEASE! WE ARE TOO SMALL FOR FOOD.” 
