CONTENTS ix 



CHAPTER X 



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The Ill-assorted Blacjkbird Family .... 120 

 Bronzed and Purple Grackles, or Crow Blackbirds; 

 Rusty Blackbird; Baltimore Oriole; Orchard Oriole; 

 Meadowlark; Red-winged Blackbird; Cowbird; Bob- 

 olink 



CHAPTER XI 



Two Rascally Relations. . >, .\ 133 



Crow; Blue Jay 



CHAPTER Xn/ 



The Flycatchers 138 



Kingbird; Crested Flycatcher; Phoebe; Wood Pewee; 

 Least Flycatcher 



CHAPTER Xm 



Some Queer Relations 147 



Whippoorwill; Night-hawk; Chimney Swift; Ruby- 

 throated Humming-bird 



CHAPTER XIV 



Carpenters in Feathers 156 



Flicker; Red-headed Woodpecker; Yellow-bellied 

 Woodpecker; Downy Woodpecker; Hairy Woodpecker 



CHAPTER XV 



Kingfisher and Cuckoos 168 



Belted Kingfisher; Yellow-billed and Black-billed 

 Cuckoos 



