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birds belonging to the order of perching birds are the flycatchers, 

 larks, crows and jays, blackbirds and orioles,, sparrows, swallows, 

 warblers, wrens, thrushes, and bluebirds. The accompanying 

 photographs illustrate phases of the home life of some of these 

 birds (Figs. 252-256). 



REFERENCES 



Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America, by F. M. Chapman. — 



D. Appleton and Co., N. Y. City. 

 Bird-Craft, by M. O. Wright. — The MacmiUan Co., N. Y. City. 

 (See also end of Chapter XXXIV.) 



