Vlll CONTENTS. 



Golden-winged Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. 



Least Flycatcher. Empidonax minimus. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus Americanus. 

 IV. The Witching Wren 72 



Winter Wren. Troglodytes hiemalis. 



Chipping- Sparrow. Spizella socialis. 

 V. Whimsical Ways in Bird-land 88 



Yellow-breasted Chat. Icteria virens. 

 VI. The " Bird of the Musical Wing " 103 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Trochiliis colu- 

 bris. 

 VII. My Lady in Green 121 



Ruby- throated Hummingbird. Trochilus colu- 

 bris. 

 VIII. Young America in Feathers 141 



Maryland Yellow-throat. Geothlypis trichus. 



Thrasher. Harjjorhynchus rufus. 



Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. 



Catbird. Galeoscoptes Carolinensis. 



Red-eyed Vireo. Vireo oUvaceus. 



American Crow. Corvus Americanus. 



Wilson's Thrush. Turdus fuscescens. 



Towhee Bunting. Pipilo erythrophthalnius. 

 IX. Down the Meadow 163 



Golden-winged Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. 



Red- winged Blackbird. Agelaius phoenicens. 



Bluebird. Sialia sialis. 



Vesper Sparrow. Poocaetes gramineus. 



Eave Swallow. Petrochelidon lunifrons. 



Tree Swallow. Tachycineta bicolor. 

 X. In a Colorado Nook 177 



Summer Yellow-bird. Dendroica cestiva. 



Western Chewink. Pipilo maculatus articus. 



Arkansas Goldfinch. Spinus 2)saltria. 



Maryland Yellow-throat. Geothlypis trichus. 



House Wren. Troglodytes cedon. 



Red-shafted Flicker. Colaptes cafer. 



Western Meadow Lark. Sturnella magna neglecta. 



