vi CONTENTS. 



IN THE MIDDLE COUNTRY. 



VIII. AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING .... 95 



Purple grackle. Quiscalus quiscula. 



Mourning 1 dove. Zenaidura macroura. 



Red-headed woodpecker. Melanerpes ery- 

 throcephalus. 



Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristate. 



Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. 



American robin. Merula migratoria. 



Golden-wing woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. 



House sparrow. Passer domesticus. 

 IX. THE LITTLE REDBIRDS 113 



Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. 



House sparrow. Passer domesticus. 

 X. THE CARDINAL'S NEST 119 



Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. 



Bobolink. Dolichonyx oryzivorous. 



Meadow-lark. Sturnella magna. 

 XI. LITTLE BOY BLUE 126 



Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 



XII. STORY OF THE NESTLINGS 136 



Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 



XIII. BLUE JAY MANNERS 144 



Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 



XIV. THE GREAT CAROLINIAN 154 



Great Carolina wren. Thryothorus ludovi- 



cianus. 



Yellow-billed cuckoo. Coccyzus Americanus. 

 Crested flycatcher. Myiarchus crinitus. 

 XV. THE WRENLINGS APPEAR 172 



