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I. Baby Birds 1 



Purple Crow Blackbird. Quiscalus quis,cula. 

 Redwing Blackbird. Agelceus phamiceus. 

 Yellow-Throated Warbler. Dendroica dominica. 

 Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. 

 White-Bellied Nuthatch. Siita carolinensis. 

 American Robin. Merula migratoria. 

 Phoebe. Sayornis phoebe. 

 II. Bird-Study in a Southern State . . .19 

 Great White Heron. Ardea ocridentalis. 

 Bald Eagle. Haliceetus leucocephalus. 

 Wilson's Tern. Sterna hirundo. 

 Ring Plover. JEgialitis hiaticula. 



III. The Mocking-Bird's Nest . . . .33 



Mocking-Bird. Mimus polyglottos. 



IV. A Tricksy Spirit 65 



Mocking-Bird. Mimus polyglottos. 



V. The "Wise Bluebird" 95 



Bluebird. Sialia sialis. 



VI. The Golden- Wing 113 



Golden- Wing Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. 



VII. A Stormy Wooing 129 



Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurius. 



