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XI. Birds that are Seen in Flocks when 



NOT Nesting. 



Cedarbird, nighthawk, bobolink, white-throated 

 sparrow, junco, chickadee (small parties), nut- 

 hatch (small parties), blue jay (small parties), 

 swift, crossbill, purple finch, bluebird, gold- 

 finch, kinglet, warblers, snowbird, blackbirds, 

 chimney swift, crow, swallows, vesper sparrow, 

 tree sparrow. 



List of Birds Described, in Order of Rela- 

 tionship.* 



1. Cuckoo. lo. 



2. Kingfisher. ii. 



3. Hairy woodpecker. 12. 



4. Downy woodpecker. 13. 



5. Golden-winged wood- 14, 



pecker, f 15. 



6. Nighthawk. t 



7. Chimney swift. f 16. 



8. Kingbird. 17. 



9. Phoebe. 18. 



Wood pewee. 

 Least flycatcher. 

 Bluejay. 



Bobolink (Ricebird). 

 Cowbird. 



Red-winged black- 

 bird. 

 Meadowlark. 

 Baltimore oriole. :f 

 Keel-tailed blackbird. 



23 



24- 

 25- 



ig. Purple finch. 



20. Crossbill. 



21. Goldfinch (Yellow- 



bird). 

 23. Snowflake (Snow bun- 

 ting). 



White-throated spar- 

 row. 



Chipping sparrow. 



Junco (Slate-colored 

 snowbird). 



26. Song sparrow. 



27. Rose-breasted gros- 



beak. 



28. Indigo bunting. 



29. Scarlet tanager. 



30. Waxwing (Cedar 



bird).^ 



31. Red-eyed vireo. 



32. Black and white 



creeper. 

 Summer yellowbird. 

 Black-throated blue 



warbler. 



33- 

 34. 



35. Myrtle Warbler. 



36. Chestnut-sided war- 



bler. 



37. Blackburnian war- 



bler. 



38. Ovenbird. 



39. Maryland yellow- 



throat. 



40. Redstart. 



41. Catbird. 



42. Winter wren. 



43. White-breasted nut- 



hatch. 



44. Chickadee (Black- 



capped titmouse). 



45. Golden -crowned 



kinglet. 



46. Ruby-crowned king- 



let. 



47. Wilson's thrush 



48. Hermit thrush. 



49. Robin. 



50. Bluebird. 



Florence A. Merriam. 



CHARLEY'S WONDERFUL JOURNEYS. 



JOURNEY VII. 



THE two boys had been in bed a little 

 while, and Charley was just drop- 

 ping off, when he heard the door at the foot 

 of the stairs open gently, and Fido call his 

 name in a loud whisper. 



He knew it was Fido's voice, and whisper- 

 ing to Bob to join him, the two boys slipped 

 on their clothes, and crept silently down the 

 stairs. 



"It's a splendid night for a fox hunt," 

 said Fido ; a foot of snow on the ground, 

 and a clear moonlight sky. Get out the 

 rocking-horse and we'll have a glorious 

 chase." 



Charley opened the front door noiseless- 

 ly ; the two boys led out the horse, and the 

 trio trotted merrily away across the home 

 meadow to the maple grove. 



* Arrangement given accords with the new Check List of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union. 



X Omitted from Audubon Magazine hut printed in the 

 Boonville Herald^ Boonville, New York, December 15, 1887. 



t Ibid, December 22, 1887. 



"Now, Bob," said Fido, '-you hide in the 

 maples and I'll come and hunt you up, and 

 as soon as I'm on the scent I'll shout ' Tal- 

 ly-ho,' and then 'Let her go Gallagher.'" 



Bob disappeared in the maples as he was 

 told, Fido was soon on the track, and ere 

 many minutes had passed, Charley heard 

 the welcome "Tally-ho," dashed his heels 

 into his steed, and galloped through the 

 woods at wild speed. 



As soon as he reached the open country, 

 the dog and fox appeared in full view going 

 like the wind, and Fido making the echoes 

 ring again with the music of his voice. 



Field after field was crossed, fence after 

 fence negotiated in true sportsmanlike style, 

 creeks cleared at a bound, but Fido could 

 get no nearer to the fox, and Charley no 

 nearer to Fido. 



At last they came to some woods, and 

 when Charley got through to the other side. 



