CONTENTS 



.PAGB 



Pbefacb ^•^•^.- \'V 



List op Illustrations . ^ xi 



CHAPTER I . 

 What Birds Do FOE Us . . . . ^. , . » ,. S 



CHAPTER n ' 



The Thrush Familt . 21 



Bluebird; Robin; Wood Thrush; Veery 



CHAPTER m 



Some Neighborly Acrobats 32 



Ruby-cro'?raied 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; YeUow-breasted Chat; Maryland Yellow- 

 throat; Oven-bird; Blackburnian Warbler; Chestnut- 



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