BIRDS. 209 
I Saw New Birds in Spring. Description of a Bird I 
Know Edible Birds’ Nests. Birds on Oceanic 
Islands. The Future of the Domestic Sparrow. Bird 
Pets. Bird Courtships. Bird Migrations. Bird In- 
dustries. Superstitions about Birds. Canaries. Do- 
mesticated Birds. Parrots. Crows. The Robin. 
Birds in Millinery. Uses of Gulls. What Mr. Bur- 
Fic. 166.—The Archzopteryx. 
roughs says in ‘‘ Birds and Bees and Sharp Eyes.’’ 
Bird Homes. Shapes and Colors of Birds’ Eggs. 
Length of Life among Birds. Falconry. 
VOCABULARY. 
Am phib’ia (Gr. amphi, around, or | Barb’ule (Lat. dim. of davda), one 
on both sides, and dzos, life), a of the projections along the edges 
class of vertebrate animalsbreath- of the barbs of a feather. 
ing by gills when young, Bat ra’chia (Gr. batrichos, frog), 
Au'ricle (Lat. auris, ear), a cham- another name for the Amphibia. 
ber of the heart for receiving | Car’pus (Gr. arpos, wrist), the 
blood from the veins. wrist. 
Barb (Lat. darba, beard), one of | Cloa’ca (Lat. c/oaca, a sewer), a 
the side branches of a feather. common cavity into which the 
