CONTENTS 



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I. The Hummingbird at Home ... 3 



II. The Chickadee ... . . 15 



III. Photographing Flickers . . . 25 



IV. The Yellow-throat .... 35 

 V. A Family of Grosbeaks .... 45 



VI. The Red-tailed Hawk 57 



VII. Jack Crow 69 



VIII. The Owl, Bird of Night ... 81 



IX. Rearing a Wren Family . . . -91 



X. The Weaver of the West . ... 105 



XI. Jimmy the Butcher-bird . 115 



XII. The Warbler and His Ways . 127 



XIII. Kingfishers . .... . 139 



XIV. Sparrow Row 151 



XV. Two Studies in Blue 163 



