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I. BABY BIRDS 1 



Purple Crow Blackbird. Quiscalus quiscula. 

 Redwing Blackbird. Ageloeus phceniceus. 

 Yellow-Throated Warbler. Dendroica dominica. 

 Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. 

 White-Bellied Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis. 

 American Robin. Merula migratoria. 

 Phoebe. Sayornis phoebe. 



II. BIRD-STUDY IN A SOUTHERN STATE . .19 



Great White Heron. Ardea occidentalis. 

 Bald Eagle. Haliceetus leucocephalus. 

 Wilson's Tern. Sterna hirundo. 

 Ring Plover. ^Egialitis hiaticula. 



III. THE MOCKING-BIRD'S NEST . . . .33 



Mocking-Bird. Mimus polyglottos. 



IV. A TRICKSY SPIRIT 65 



Mocking-Bird. Mimus polyglottos. 



V. THE "WISE BLUEBIRD" 95 



Bluebird. Sialia sialis. 



VI. THE GOLDEN-WING 113 



Golden- Wing Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. 



VII. A STORMY WOOING 129 



Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurius. 



