Sept., 1903 | 
THE CONDOR 
WESTERN i;s;£i READERS 
VOLUME IX 
Stories of Our Western Birds 
By ELIZABETH AND JOSEPH 6RINNELL 
Authors of “Our Feathered Friends,’’ “ Birds of Sonj? and Story,” Etc. 
Richly Illustrated from Selected Photographs 
and Drawings made especially for this Volume 
by W. K. Fisher, of Stanford University. 
FOR riFTH AND SIXTH GRADES 
The Authors’ intentions have been to write a simple narrative which will awaken an interest 
in bird life among young people, particularly school children. The birds selected are those 
which are to be found in the vicinity of most any schoolhouse in the west. The accounts are 
mostly of such a nature that they can be verified by careful observation on the part of the reader. 
While not in the least technical, the whole work has been compiled with a view to accuracy in 
every detail. However, enough of imagery has been introduced to give an air of vivacity and 
in places a certain humor, both of which are necessary in some degree to hold the interest of 
the younger reader. There is enough of color-description to enable at least the teacher to 
identify the birds by name, while the illustrations which accompany each chapter will leave no 
doubt at all. 
CONTENTS 
I. 
The Audubon Warbler. 
17 - 
Our Western Wrens. 
2. 
The California Jay. 
18. 
The Red-shafted Flicker. 
3 - 
The Black Phoebe. 
19. 
The Turkey Buzzard. 
4 - 
The Mourning Dove. 
20. 
The Butcher-bird. 
5. 
The Linnet. 
21. 
The Bush-tit. 
6. 
The Crow. 
22. 
Our Orioles. 
7 - 
Woodpeckers 
23 - 
The Arkansas Goldfinch. 
8. 
Song Sparrows. 
24. 
The Towhees. 
9 - 
The Western Robin. 
25 - 
The Brown Pelican. 
10. 
The Belted Kingfisher. 
26. 
The Cedar Waxwing. 
II. 
The Mocking Bird. 
27. 
The Ground Owl. 
12. 
Various Sparrows. 
28. 
The Roadrunner. 
13 - 
The Western Gull. 
29. 
The Valley and Mountain Quail. 
14. 
The Killdeer Plover. 
30. 
The Screech Owl. 
15 - 
The American Coot. 
31 - 
Descriptions of Our Birds. 
16. 
The Barn Owl. 
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