PREFACE 



ALTHOUGH the studies chronicled in this 

 book, with one or two exceptions, were made 

 in Maine during ten summers, part or all of 

 which I have spent there, it should be under- 

 stood that the birds described are not con- 

 fined to the Pine Tree State nor even to 

 New England. They are for the most part 

 common to the Eastern and Middle States. 



Thanks are due to " Our Animal Friends " 

 for permission to use the chapter " The Comi- 

 cal Chebec." 



OLIVE THORNE MILLER. 



