TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Preface 5 



Directions to Teachers 9 



Usefulness of Birds 11 



Migrations of Birds 13 



Birds' Nests and Eggs 16 



Enemies of Birds 20 



Chickadee, or Black-capped Titmouse 24 



American Crow 26 



English Sparrow 28 



Ruffed Grouse, or Partridge . 30 



Red-tailed Hawk 32 



Downy Woodpecker 34 



Screech Owl 36 



Blue Jay 38 



Great-horned Owl, or Hoot Owl 40 



Junco, or Snowbird 42 



Brown Creeper 44 



Quail, or Bob-white 46 



Herring Gull 48 



American Goldfinch, Thistle-bird, or Wild Canary . 50 



White-breasted Nuthatch 52 



Rooster and Hen 54 



Bluebird 56 



American Robin 58 



Purple Grackle, or Crow Blackbird 60 



Red-winged Blackbird 62 



Horned Lark 64 



Cedar-Bird, Cherry-Bird, or Waxwing 66 



American Woodcock 68 



Mallard Duck, or Wild Duck 70 



Bald Eagle ■ T^ 



Canada Goose 74 



American Sparrow Hawk 76 



Phoebe 78 



Meadowlark 80 



