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superb singing Indigo-bird Painted Bunting and 

 "Dickcissal" . 88-112 



CHAPTER IV. 

 THE PERCHING BIRDS. (Concluded) 



Tyrant Flycatchers Fork-tailed and Scissor-tailed Fly- 

 catchers: Accidental occurrence in Northern States 

 Kingbird: Its quarrelsome disposition Great-crested 

 Flycatcher : Use of snake-skins in nest-building Pewee 

 Black Pewee Olive-sided Flycatcher Wood Pewee 

 Others of this family Horned Lark : Geographical races 

 of this bird Magpie Jays Raven Crow Fish-crow 

 Bobolink or Reed-bird Cow-bird Yellow-headed 

 Troopial " Red-wings" Meadow-lark Orioles Bal- 

 timore or Hang-nest Orchard Oriole : Song and habits 

 Rusty Grakle or Blackbird Purple Grakle or Crow 

 Blackbird : Enormous flocks in autumn : Their value as 

 insect-eaters 1 13-137 



CHAPTER V. 



THE GOATSUCKERS, ETC. 



Whippoorwill : Its curious song and habits Night-hawk 

 Chuck-will's-widow Chimney-swift: Not a swallow as 

 popularly supposed: Curious nest-building: Their great 

 value as destroyers of insects Humming-bird : One spe- 

 cies only in Eastern States 138-142 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE WOODPECKERS. 



Woodpeckers: Their arboreal habits Ivory-billed Wood- 

 pecker : One time abundant, now rare Hairy and Downy 

 Woodpeckers: Larva-hunters, but also insect-eaters 

 Arctic Three-toed Woodpeckers Yellow-bellied Sap- 

 sucker : Its destructive habit, as name indicates Black 

 Log-cock Red-headed Woodpecker Golden-winged 

 Woodpecker or Flicker : Not as arboreal as other species : 

 Curious habit said to be true of them I 43~ I S3 



