NOW READY. 



THE STORY of the BIRDS. 



By JAMES NEWTON BASKETT. 

 Edited by Dr. W. T. Harris, U. S. Com'r of Education. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

 CHAPTER 



I.— A Bird's Forefathers. 

 II.— How did the Birds First Fly, Perhaps ? 

 III. — A Bird's Fore Leg. 



IV.— Why did the Birds put on Soft Raiment? 

 V.— The Cut of a Bird's Frock. 

 VI. — About a Bird's Unde -wear. 

 VII.— A Bird's Outer Wrap. 

 VIII.— A Bird's New Suit. 

 IX.— "Putting on Paint and Frills" among the Birds 



X. — Color Calls among the Birds. 

 XI. — War and Weapons among the Birds. 

 XII.— Antics and Odor among the Birds. 

 XIII.— The Meaning of Music among Birds. 

 XIV. — Freaks of Bachelors and Benedicts in Feathers 

 XV. — Step-Parents among Birds. 

 XVI.— Why did Birds begin to Incubate ? 

 XVII.— Why do the Birds Build So. 

 XVIII.— Fastidious Nesting Habits of a few Birds. 

 XIX.— What Mean the Markings and Shapes of 



Bird's Eggs? 

 XX.— Why Two Kinds of Nestlings? 

 XXI.— How Some Baby Birds are Fed. 

 XXII.— How Some Grown-Up Birds get a Living. 

 XXIII.— Tools and Tasks among the Birds. 

 XXIV.— How a Bird Goes to Bed. 

 XXV.— A Little Talk on Bird's Toes. 

 XXVI.— The Way of a Bird in the Air. 

 XXVII.— How and Why do Birds Travel ? 

 XXVIII.— What a Bird knows about Geography and 

 Arithmetic. 

 XXIX.— Profit and Loss in the Birds. 

 XXX.— A Bird's Modern Kinsfolk. 

 XXXI.— An Introduction to the Bird. 

 XXXII.— Acquaintance with the Bird. 



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