CHAPTER II 



SUGGESTED EXERCISES IN GROUPING BIRDS 



BlEDS OF THE DoOEYARD 



Bluejay^ mocking-bird, house wren, robin, English spar- 

 row, chipping sparrow, and chimney swift. 



Birds That Feed on the Ground 



The various grouse, also the plover. In addition to 

 which we might add the roadrunner, mourning dove, bobo- 

 link, meadow-lark, horned lark, fox sparrow, English spar- 

 row, dickcissel, crow, towhee, and brown thrasher. 



Birds That Feed Among the Foliage of Trees and Bushes 



The cuckoos, scarlet tanager, blue-gray gnatcatcher, and 

 the kinglets. 



Birds That Feed on Trunks of Trees 



All the various woodpeckers and sapsuckers ; in addition, 

 we may add the black and white warbler, brown creeper, 

 titmice, nuthatches, and chickadees. 



Birds That Feed on the Wing 



This comprises the swallows, including the purple mar- 

 tin; also the nighthawk and its relatives, the red-headed 

 woodpecker, the ruby-throated humming-bird, cedar wax- 

 wing, the various flycatchers and vireos, and the terns. 



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