CONTENTS 



I VIRGIN SOIL ........ 9 



II MR. TURVEYDROP AND HlS FOREIGN 



COUSINS ........ 21 



III MOTHERLESS BABIES . . . . . . 31 



IV THE KEEPER OF THE SPRING-HOUSE . 42 

 V WINGS, WINGS, WINGS . . . ,'. * 52 



VI PIRATES . . . . . . Y , . 63 



VII AN OLD LOG THAT WAS BEWITCHED . 72 



VIII NOTHING So SILLY AS A GOOSE . . ' . 83 



IX A DISH OF RO.BINS ...... 94 



X MR. CHICKADEE . . . ... . 105 



XI THE SONG AND THE SINGER . . . . 119 



XII THE LOVE ELEMENT IN BIRD PROTEC- 



TION . .....! . . . '..' . 132 



XIII MR. ESAU . . , . ... . 150 



XIV STUPIDITY STREET ..... . *. 160 

 XV JAYS AND CROWS .... . . . 1 75 



XVI BIRDS' COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE . . 193 



XVII LAST YEAR'S BIRD'S NEST . . . .207 



XVIII A SAINT BARTHOLOMEW OF BIRDS . . 221 



XIX SOME INVISIBLE DEFENDERS . . . V 237 



XX GETTING ACQUAINTED . . . . . 246 



XXI THE UNKNOWN PATHWAY .... 261 



