Vl CONTENTS. 



IN THE MIDDLE COUNTRY. 



VIII. AT FOUB O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING .... 95 

 Purple graekle. Quiscalus quiscda. 

 Mourning dove. Zenaidura macroura. 

 Bed-headed woodpecker. Melanerpes ery- 



throcephalus. 



Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 

 Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. 

 American robin. Merula migratoria. 

 Golden-wing woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. 

 House sparrow. Passer domesticus. 



IX. THE LITTLE REDBIKDS 113 



Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. 

 House sparrow. Passer domesticus, 



X. THE CABDINAL'S NEST 119 



Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. 

 Bobolink. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. 

 Meadow-lark. Sturnella magna. 



XL LITTLE BOY BLUE 126 



Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 



XII. STOBT OF THE NESTLINGS 136 



Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 



XIII. BLUE JAY MANNERS 144 



Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 



XIV. THE GBEAT CAROLINIAN 154 



Great Carolina wren. Thryothorus ludovi- 



cianus. 



Yellow-billed cuckoo. Coccyzus americanus. 

 Crested flycatcher. Myiarchus crinitus. 

 XV. THE WBENLINGS APPEAB 172 



