iv CONTENTS. 
superb singing — Indigo-bird— Painted Bunting and 
“Dickcissal” . 
CHAPTER IV. 
THE PERCHING BIRDS.—( Concluded.) 
Tyrant Flycatchers—Fork-tailed and Scissor-tailed Fly- 
catchers: Accidental occurrence in Northern States— 
Kingbird: Its quarrelsome disposition — Great-crested 
Flycatcher: Use of snake-skins in nest-building—Pewee 
—Black Pewee—Olive-sided Flycatcher—Wood Pewee— 
Others of this family—Horned Lark : Geographical races 
of this bird—Magpie—Jays—Raven—Crow— Fish-crow 
—Bobolink or Reed-bird — Cow-bird — Yellow-headed 
Troopial—“ Red-wings’’—Meadow-lark — Orioles—Bal- 
timore or Hang-nest—Orchard Oriole: Song and habits— 
Rusty Grakle or Blackbird—Purple Grakle or Crow 
Blackbird: Enormous flocks in autumn: Their value as 
insect-eaters. . 
CHAPTER V. 
THE GOATSUCKERS, ETC. 
Whippoorwill: Its curious song and habits—Night-hawk— 
Chuck-will’s-widow—Chimney-swift: Not a swallow as 
popularly supposed: Curious nest-building: Their great 
value as destroyers of insects—Humming-bird: One spe- 
cies only in Eastern States 
CHAPTER VI. 
m THE WOODPECKERS. 
Woodpeckers: Their arboreal habits—Ivory-billed Wood- 
pecker: One time abundant, now rare—Hairy and Downy 
Woodpeckers: Larva-hunters, but also insect-eaters— 
Arctic Three-toed Woodpeckers—Yellow-bellied Sap- 
sucker: Its destructive habit, as name indicates—Black 
Log-cock — Red-headed Woodpecker — Golden-winged 
Woodpecker or Flicker: Not as arboreal as other species : 
Curious habit said to be true of them. . . . . . 
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