6 Contents. 



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Red-eyed Vireo — Philadelphia Vireo — Swallows — White- 

 bellied Swallow — Barn-swallow — Night-hawk — Whip- 

 poorwill 102-126 



CHAPTER V. 



OUR OLD-GARDEN BIRDS. 



An old village garden — Baltimore Oriole, or Hang-nest — 

 Bluebird — Cedar-bird — Cuckoos — House- wren — Winter- 

 wren — White-bellied Nuthatch — Red-bellied Nuthatch 

 — Shrike — Golden-crowned Kinglet — Carolina Wren : 

 Its vivacity and intelligence 127-148 



CHAPTER VI. 



BY MILL-POND AND MEADOW. 



An old mill-pond : Changes caused by it in condition of 

 surrounding neighborhood — Meadow-lark — Kingfisher — 

 Garrulous old miller — Red-winged Blackbirds — Wood- 

 thrush's song — Cranes — Night-heron — Green Heron — 

 Bittern— Buffle-headed Duck— Black Duck— Gallinule— 

 Coot — Eared Grebe — Gull — Tern — Loon 149-175 



CHAPTER VII. 



"MORE NOISE THAN MUSIC." 



The drumming or tapping of Woodpeckers : When musical 

 — Brown Tree-creeper — Nuthatches — Golden-winged 

 Woodpecker : Anecdote of — Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 

 — Downy Woodpecker — Hairy Woodpecker — Black- 

 backed Three-toed Woodpecker 176-186 



CHAPTER VIII. 



WHERE RUNS THE TIDE. 



Killdeer Plover — English Snipe — Teeter Tiltup — Solitary 

 Sand-piper — Upland Plover — Yellow-legs — Sanderling — 

 "Peeps" 187-209 



CHAPTER IX. 



A FEW FEATHERED FIENDS. 



Birds of prey in general : Their prominence in winter — 

 Harrier — Sharp-shinned Hawk — Cooper's Hawk — Red- 



