6 CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Red-eyed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Swallows White- 

 bellied Swallow Barn-swallow Night-hawk Whip- 

 poorwill 102-126 



CHAPTER V. 



OUR OLD-GARDEN BIRDS. 



An old village garden Baltimore Oriole, or Hang-nest 

 Bluebird Cedar-bird Cuckoos House-wren Winter- 

 wren White-bellied Nuthatch Red-bellied Nuthatch 

 Shrike Golden-crowned Kinglet Carolina Wren : 

 Its vivacity and intelligence 127-148 



CHAPTER VI. 



BY MILL-POND AND MEADOW. 



An old mill-pond : Changes caused by it in condition of 

 surrounding neighborhood Meadow-lark Kingfisher 

 Garrulous old miller Red-winged Blackbirds Wood- 

 thrush's song Cranes Night-heron Green Heron 

 Bittern Buffle-headed Duck Black Duck Gallinule 

 Coot Eared Grebe Gull Tern Loon 149-175 



CHAPTER VII. 



"MORE NOISE THAN MUSIC." 



The drumming or tapping of Woodpeckers : When musical 

 Brown Tree-creeper Nuthatches Golden-winged 

 Woodpecker : Anecdote of Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 

 Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black- 

 backed Three-toed Woodpecker 176-186 



CHAPTER VIII. 



WHERE RUNS THE TIDE. 



Killdeer Plover English Snipe Teeter Tiltup Solitary 

 Sand-piper Upland Plover Yellow-legs Sanderling 

 "Peeps" 187-209 



CHAPTER IX. 



A FEW FEATHERED FIENDS. 



Birds of prey in general : Their prominence in winter 

 Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red- 



