CONTENTS 



Page 



The Arredondo Sparrow Hawk 7 



Our Chimney Dwellers ^7 



The Childhood of Bib-Neck 23 



Robin Redbreast ^6 



An Old Barred Owl 49 



The Birds of Cobb's Island Virginia 60 



A Pair of Eagles 7i 



Bird Key ^^ 



The Mocking Bird 9i 



The Vultures ^°' 



Wood Duck Life .112 



The Snowbird ^^5 



A Bobwhite Family ^35 



Levy, The Story of an Egret ^53 



The Quest for the Comorant's Nest 161 



Cuckoo, The Rain Prophet i6g 



Ruffle-Breast, The Shrike i77 



The City of the Longlegs 185 



A Quartet of Woodland Drummers 192 



Winter Life on a College Campus 216 



Appendix I ^^5 



Appendix II — - ^^^ 



5— Birds— Cloth. 



