CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface v 



List OF Illustrations xi 



CHAPTER I , 

 What Birds Do FOR Us ,. , . 3 



CHAPTER n ' 



The Thrush Familt , .'. 21 



Bluebird; Robin; Wood Thrush; Veery 



CHAPTER m 



Some Neighborly Acrobats ...... 32 



Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglet; Chicka- 

 dee; Tufted Titmouse; White-breasted Nuthatch; Red- 

 breasted Nuthatch 



CHAPTER IV 



A Family Group of Lively Singers 42 



Marsh Wren; House Wren; Carolina Wren; Brown 

 Thrasher; Catbird; Mocking-bird 



CHAPTER V 



The Warblers 55 



Redstart; Yellow-breasted Chat; Maryland Yellow- 

 tliroat; Oven-bird; Blackburnian Warbler; Chestnut- 



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