vi CONTENTS 



THE MARSH HAWK : A MARSH HAWK'S NEST, A YOUXG 

 HAWK, AND A VISIT TO A QUAIL ON HER NEST . . 106 



THE WINTER WREN 119 



THE CEDAR-BIRD 122 



THE GOLDFINCH 125 



THE HEN-HAWK 130 



THE RUFFED GROUSE, OR PARTRIDGE 133 



THE PARTRIDGE (poem) 137 



THE CROW 138 



THE CROW (poem) 144 



THE NORTHERN SHRIKE 147 



THE SCREECH OWL 151 



THE CHICKADEE 157 



THE DOWNY WOODPECKER 161 



THE DOWNY WOODPECKER (poem) .... 169 

 INDEX . . 173 



