CHAPTER 
SVL 
BevET. 
XVITI. 
IX. 
CONTENTS. 
INTRODUCTION . ; : : : : 
THE MESSAGE OF A MOCKING-BIRD 
SomE PEOPLE WE LIKE TO KNow . 
CivILIzED Birps 
How Brirps Dress 
How Mapam Brirp coMBs HER HAIR 
WuatT BirDSs CARRY IN THEIR POCKETS 
CuiLp Brrps 
How Basy Birps ARE FED 
At MEAL-TIME 
SEED-EATERS AND MEAT-EATERS 
Some Birps witH A Bap NAME 
BEFORE BREAKFAST 
Our Birps’ RESTAURANT — Meats atv ALL 
Hours 
UMBRELLAS AND OTHER THINGS 
CRADLE MAKING 
Our SCREECH OWL 
Brrps AT WorRK AND Pnhay . : ? 
Some OTHER Birps At WorRK é 
A Pet HuMMING-BIRD 
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