CONTENTS 



Fage 



I. Two Little Kings 1 



II. The Chickadee 7 



III. The Brown Creeper 10 



IV. The Brown Thrasher 15 



V. The Butcher-bird 19 



VI. The Scarlet Tanager 22 



VII. The Song Sparrow 26 



VIII. The Field Sparrow and the Chipper . 30 



IX. Some April Sparrows 35 



X. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak ... 40 



XI. The Blue Jay 43 



XII. The Kingbird 47 



XIII. The Hummingbird 51 



XIV. The Chimney Swift 56 



XV. Nighthawk and Whip-poor-will . . .59 



XVI. The Flicker 64 



XVII. The Bittern 68 



XVIII. Birds for Everybody 82 



XIX. Winter Pensioners 87 



XX. Watching the Procession .... 93 



XXI. Southward Bound 99 



Index 105 



