

^1RD NEIGHBORS. AN 



INTRODUCTORY ACQUAINTANCE 

 WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY 

 BIRDS COMMONLY FOUND IN 

 THE GARDENS, MEADOWS, AND 

 WOODS ABOUT OUR HOMES 



BY 



NELTJE BLANCHAN 



WITH INTRODUCTION BY 



JOHN BURROUGHS 



AND FIFTY-TWO COLORED PLATES 



[twenty-third thousand] 



^ 



NEW YORK 



DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. 



1899 



