CONTENTS 



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Spring Arrival of the Birds _ _ . ^ 7 



A Day's Outing in Search of the Arbutus - - - 45 



Ventriloquial and Imitative Power of Birds - - 61 

 Wrens - - - - - -- -75 



Trees and Trees ------ 89 



iNTEIililGENCE IN BiRDS ------ 109 



A Day in an Old Orchard ----- 125 



Autumn Visitors ------- 141 



Nesting Habits op Birds . . . - - 151 



Maple Sugar Making ------ 161 



Danger of an Early Extinction of Song Birds - - 173 



A Search for a Whippoorwill's Nest - - - 189 



A Summer Drive in the Lake Country - - - 201 



Ornithological Nomenclature ----- 247 



