CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Friends in Feathers 1 



II. The "Queen" Rail In a Swamp . . . 31 



III. Gold Birds In the Tree-tops .... 43 



IV. The Barn Owl In Deep Forest. . . . (>1 

 V. Indigo Finch In Shrubs 73 



VI. The Wood Thrush In the Valley of the Wood 



Robin 83 



VII. Goldfinch In Bushes ... .93 



VIII. The Killdeer On the Ground .... 103 



IX. The Bluebird In Orchards and Bird Boxes . 113 



X. The Black Vulture In the Limberlost . . 123 



XL Robin In the Dooryard 139 



XII. The Purple Martin In the Air . . . . 159 



XIII. The Belted Kingfisher In Embankments . 1(>7 



XIV. The Cat-bird In Thickets . . . . .187 

 XV. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo In Small Thickly 



Leaved Trees . . . . . . .197 



XVI. Wrens In Bird Houses 217 



XVII. The Blue Heron In the Great Lake Regions . 227 



XVIII. The Kingbird In Orchards .... 23,> 



XIX. The Mourning Dove In Deep Wood and Orchard 249 



XX. The Cow-bird In the Pastures . . . . 2(>1 



XXL The Cardinal Grosbeak InSmallTreesandBushes 279 



XXII. The Blue Jay In the Orchard .... 293 



XXIII. The Loggerhead Shrike In Field Trees . . 309 



XXIV. The Humming-bird At the Cabin . . . 321 

 XXV. The Quail On the Ground 329 



