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I. Babt Blbds 1 



Purple Crow Blackbird. Quiscalus quiscula. 

 Redwing Blackbird. Agelceus phoeniceus. 

 TeUow-Throated Warbler. Dendroica dondnica. 

 Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. 

 White-Bellied Nuthatch. Silta carolinensis. 

 American Robin. Merula migratoria. 

 Phcebe. Sayornis phoebe. 

 II. Bird-Study in a Southern State . . .19 

 Great White Heron. Ardea occidentalis. 

 Bald Eagle. Haliceetus hucocephalus. 

 Wilson's Tern. Sterna hirundo. 

 Ring Plover. j3Sgialitis hiaticula. 



III. The Mocking-Bird'.s Nest . . . .33 



Mocking-Bird. Mimus polygloUos. 



IV. A Tricksy Spirit 65 



Mocking-Bird. Mimus polygloUos. 



V. The "Wise Bluebird" 95 



Bluebird. Sialia sialis. 



VI. The Golden-Wing 113 



Golden-Wing Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. 



VII. A Stormy Wooma 129 



Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurius. 



