CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



I BIRDS OF A SMOKY CITY ... 9 



II THE SONGSTERS OF THE SKOKIE - - J 9 



III THROUGH THE LOST RIVER VALLEY - 29 



IV IN SOUTHERN HOOSIER HILLS - 39 

 V IN WINTER FIELDS 5 



VI ON THE TRAIL OF POKAGON - 6o 



VII SOME ODD BITS OF BIRD LIFE 68 



VIII IN GOD'S ACRE - 7 8 



IX WHERE THE BLACK TERN BUILDS * 8 7 



X COMEDY AND TRAGEDY - * - 97 



XI SPRING ON THE KANKAKEE - 106 



XII "FROM HAUNTS OF COOT AND HERN" - 116 



XIII THE REACHES OF THE PRAIRIE - 129 



XIV G. N. SHRIKE, BUTCHER - - - *39 



