CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED AND ENLARGED 



EDITION ....... v 



PREFACE ... . . . . ix 



ILLUSTRATIONS xvii 



AN INTRODUCTION TO BIRD Music . . . xxi 



A MUSICAL KEY xxv 



THE MUSICAL SCALES OF THE THRUSHES . xxxvii 



GLOSSARY ...... . xliii 



ORDER GALLING. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS: 



Quail 3 



Partridge 



ORDER RAPTORES PREYING BIRDS: 



Screech Owl . . . . .10 



Great Horned Owl I3 



ORDER COCCYGES. CUCKOOS, ETC.: 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15 



Black-billed Cuckoo I7 



ORDER PlCI. WOODPECKERS, ETC.: 



Downy Woodpecker 21 



Flicker, Golden-winged Woodpecker . . 23 

 ORDER MACROCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, 

 ETC.: 



Whip-poor-will 26 



Night Hawk 30 



Chimney Swift 32 



Ruby-Throated Hummingbird ... 34 

 ORDER PASSERES. PERCHING BIRDS: 



Kingbird 35 



Phcebe 37 



Wood Pewee 38 



Chebec ....... 42 



Blue Jay 43 



Canada Jay 46 



Crow 47 



Bobolink . 48 



Cowbird ....... 53 



Red-winged Blackbird ... 54 



Meadowlark 57 



Orchard Oriole . .... 63 



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