APPENDIX I 



The questions given at the end of each story are designed to draw out 

 the pupil's power of observation. The teacher will readily supplement 

 these with other questions that will suggest themselves. 



The detailed descriptions which follow, together with the range of the 

 chief birds, will assist pupils and teachers in a more technical study of 

 these and other birds. 



In making these descriptions the following abbreviations are used: 

 L. represents length; W., wing; T., tail; M., male; Fe., female. 



The length of a bird is determined by placing the specimen upon its 

 back on a smooth surface and measuring from the tip of the bill to the 

 end of the tail. The length of the wing is the distance from the joint 

 nearest the end to the point of the longest wing feather. The measure- 

 ments are given in inches and hundredths. 



THE ARKEDONDO SPARROW HAWIC 



American Sparrow Hawk [Falco sparverius) . — M. — Back and tail rufous, 

 the former barred with black, the latter with a broad black band near the 

 end. Tip of tail white; head slaty blue with a crown patch rufous; back 

 rufous with a few black spots on lower part; wing coverts slaty blue; pri- 

 maries black, barred with white; ear coverts white with a black patch 

 before and behind; under parts vary from white to cream-bujff; belly and 

 sides spotted with black. Fe. — Wing coverts rufous, under parts streaked 

 with buff. L., 10.10; W., 7.00; T., 4.75. Range.— North America, from 

 Central Canada to South America, west to the Rocky Mountains. 



OUR CHIMNEY DWELLERS 



Chimney Swift {Chcetura pelagica) . — Sooty brown, sometimes with 

 a faint greenish tinge above, lighter beneath. The shafts of the tail 

 feathers extend beyond the vanes and end in sharp, stiff points. L., 5.25; 



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