TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XVII 



PAGE 



A Midsummer Excursion ........ 249 



Bobolink — Orchard Oriole — Baltimore Oriole — Cowbird — 

 Red-winged Blackbird — Purple Grackle — Meadowlark. 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Crows and their Cousins 275 



American Crow — Blue Jay. 



CHAPTER XIX 



A Feathered Fisherman 281 



The Osprey. 



CHAPTER XX 



Some Sky Sweepers 284 



Kingbird — Phoebe — Wood Pewee. 



CHAPTER XXI 

 Hummers and Chimney Sweeps . . . . . . . 291 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird — Chimney Swift. 



CHAPTER XXII 

 Two Winged Mysteries . 301 



Nighthawk — Whip-poor-will. 



CHAPTER XXIII 

 A Laughing Family 306 



Downy Woodpecker — Red-headed AVoodpecker — Flicker 



— Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



CHAPTER XXIV 

 Two Odd Fellows 318 



Kingfisher — Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



CHAPTER XXV 



Cannibals in Court 324 



Bald Eagle — Golden Eagle — Screech Owl — Long-eared 

 Owl — Snowy Owl — Great Horned Owl — Marsh Hawk 



— Sharp-shinned Hawk — Red-shouldered Hawk — Spar- 

 row Hawk. 



