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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XVII. Tun PRAIKIB CHICKEN Ill 



KEY TO GALLING 119 



XVIII. THB MOURNING DOVE 120 



XIX. THE TURKEY BUZZARD 126 



XX. THE BALD EAGLE 132 



XXL FLEETWING THE SPARROW HAWK 137 



XXII. SILENT WING THE GREAT HORNED OWL 144 



KEY TO RAPTORES 156 



XXIII. THE BELTED KINGFISHER 157 



KEY TO COCCYGES 166 



XXIV. Picus THE FLICKER 167 



XXV. A STRANGE NEST 175 



XXVI. THE CHIMNEY SWIFT 181 



XXVII. EUBYTHROAT 188 



KEY TO MACROCHIRES 197 



XXVIII. JERRY THE KINGBIRD 199 



XXIX. SAM BLACK 208 



XXX. THE BOBOLINK 219 



XXXI. THE GRAFTER 224 



XXXII. THE MEADOW LARK 229 



XXXIII. THE HANGING BIRD 234 



XXXIV. PETER THE GOLDFINCH 241 



XXXV. THE SONG SPARROW 247 



XXXVI. THE TOWHEE 250 



XXXVII. THE CARDINAL 253 



XXXVIII. THE INDIGO BUNTING 258 



XXXIX. THE SUMMER TANAGER 261 



XL. FLYGOOD AND FLEETWING 265 



XLL THE CEDAR WAXWING 275 



XLIL THE BUTCHER BIRD 279 



XLIII. THE RED-EYED VIREO 284 



XLIV. THE YELLOW WARBLER . 287 



