NOW READY. 



THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. 



By JAMES NEWTON BASKHTT. 

 Edited by "Dr. W. T. Harris, U. S. Com'r of Education. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

 CHAPTER 



I. A Bird's Forefathers. 

 II. How did the Birds First Fly, Perhaps ? 

 III. A Bird's Fore Leg. 



IV. Why did the Birds put on Soft Raiment? 

 V. The Cut of a Bird's Frock. 

 VI. About a Bird's Unde -wear. 

 VII. A Bird's Outer Wrap. 

 VIII. A Bird's New Suit. 



IX. "Putting on Paint.and Frills" among the Birds 

 X. Color Calls among the Birds. 

 XI. \Var and Weapons among the Birds. 

 XII. Antics and Odor among the Birds. 

 XIII. The Meaning of Music among Birds. 

 XIV. l''ieaks of Bachelors and Benedicts in Feathers 

 XV. Step-Parents among Birds. 

 XVI. Why did Birds begin to Incubate? 

 XVII. Why do the Birds Build So. 

 XVIII. Fastidious Nesting Habits of a few Birds. 

 XIX. What Mean the Markings and Shapes of 



Bird's Eggs? 



XX. Why Two Kinds of Nestlings? 

 XXI. How Some Baby Birds are Fed. 

 XXII. How Some Giown-Up Birds get a Living. 

 XXIII. Tools and Tasks among the Birds. 

 XXIV. How a Bird Goes to Bed. 

 XXV. A Little Talk on Bird's Toes. 

 XXVI. The Way of a Bird in the Air. 

 XXVII. How and Why do Birds, Travel ? 

 XXVIII. What a Bird knows about Geography and 



Arithmetic. 



XXIX. Profit and Loss in the Birds. 



XXX. A Bird's Modern Kinsfolk. 



XXXI. An Introduction to the Bird. 



XXXII. Acquaintance with the Bird. 



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