LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Creaker the Purple Grackle, and the Male 



Cowbird ...... Frontispiece 



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Jenny Wren 6 



Bully the English Sparrow 6 



Chippy the Chipping Sparrow 6 



Sweet Voice the Vesper Sparrow 16 



Little Friend the Song Sparrow 16 



Dotty the Tree Sparrow 26 



Slaty the Junco 26 



Welcome Robin 36 



Winsome Blue Bird 36 



Chebec the Least Flycatcher 44 



Dear Me the Phoebe 44 



Scrapper the Kingbird 50 



Redeye the Vireo 50 



Longbill the Woodcock . . . . . . 62 



Bob White 62 



Redwing the Blackbird 70 



Speckles the Starling 70 



Yellow Wing the Flicker 74 



Redhead the Woodpecker 80 



Downy the Woodpecker 80 



Goldie the Baltimore Oriole 88 



Sammy Jay 88 



Bubbling Bob the Bobolink 94 



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