Contents 



PACT 



X REDWING AND YELLOW WING ... 69 

 The Red-winged Blackbird and the Golden- 

 winged Flicker. 



XI DRUMMERS AND CARPENTERS ... 76 

 The Downy, Hairy and Red-headed Wood- 

 peckers. 



XII SOME UNLIKE RELATIVES .... 83 

 The Cowbird and the Baltimore Oriole. 



XIII MORE OF THE BLACKBIRD FAMILY . . 90 

 The Orchard Oriole and the Bobolink. 



XIV BOB WHITE AND CAROL THE MEADOW LARK 98 

 The So-called Quail and the Meadow Lark. 



XV A SWALLOW AND ONE WHO ISN'T . . 106 



The Tree Swallow and the Chimney Swift. 

 XVI A ROBBER IN THE OLD ORCHARD . .113 



The Purple Martin and the Barn Swallow. 

 XVII MORE ROBBERS . . . . .120 



The Crow and the Blue Jay. 



XVIII SOME HOMES IN THE GREEN FOREST . 128 



The Crow, the Oven Bird and the Redtailed 

 Hawk. | j 



XIX A MAKER OF THUNDER AND A FRIEND IN 



BLACK 136 



The Ruffed Grouse and the Crow Blackbird. 



XX A FISHERMAN ROBBED 144 



The Osprey and the Bald-headed Eagle. ' 



XXI A FISHING PARTY 151 



The Great Blue Heron and the Kingfisher. t1 

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