TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I OVERTURE BY THE BIRDS
CHAPTER II THE DOCTOR'S WONDER ROOM
CHAPTER III A SPARROW SETTLES THE QUESTION
CHAPTER IV THE BUILDING OF A BIRD
CHAPTER V CITIZEN BIRD
CHAPTER VI THE BIRD AS A TRAVELLER
CHAPTER VII THE BIRD'S NEST
CHAPTER VIII BEGINNING OF THE BIRD STORIES
CHAPTER IX A SILVER-TONGUED FAMILY Bluebird—Robin—Wood Thrush—Wilson's Thrush—Hermit Thrush—Olive-backed Thrush.
CHAPTER X PEEPERS AND CREEPERS Golden-crowned Kinglet—White-breasted Nuthatch—Chickadee—Brown Creeper.
CHAPTER XI MOCKERS AND SCOLDERS Sage Thrasher—Mockingbird—Catbird—Brown Thrasher—Rock Wren—House Wren—Long-billed Marsh Wren.
CHAPTER XII WOODLAND WARBLERS Black-and-white Warbler—Yellow Warbler—Yellow-rumped Warbler—Ovenbird—Maryland Yellow-throat—Yellow-breasted Chat—American Redstart.
CHAPTER XIII AROUND THE OLD BARN Red-eyed Vireo—Great Northern Shrike—Cedar Waxwing.
CHAPTER XIV THE SWALLOWS Purple Martin—Barn Swallow—Tree Swallow—Bank Swallow.
CHAPTER XV A BRILLIANT PAIR Scarlet Tanager—Louisiana Tanager.
CHAPTER XVI A TRIBE OF WEED WARRIORS Pine Grosbeak—American Crossbill—American Goldfinch—Snowflake—Vesper Sparrow—White-throated Sparrow—Chipping Sparrow—Slate-colored Junco—Song Sparrow—Towhee—Cardinal—Rose-breasted Grosbeak—Indigo Bird.
CHAPTER XVII A MIDSUMMER EXCURSION Bobolink—Orchard Oriole—Baltimore Oriole—Cowbird—Red-winged Blackbird—Purple Grackle—Meadowlark.
CHAPTER XVIII CROWS AND THEIR COUSINS American Crow—Blue Jay.
CHAPTER XIX A FEATHERED FISHERMAN The Osprey.
CHAPTER XX SOME SKY SWEEPERS Kingbird—Phoebe—Wood Pewee.
CHAPTER XXI HUMMERS AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS Ruby-throated Hummingbird—Chimney Swift.
CHAPTER XXII TWO WINGED MYSTERIES Nighthawk—Whip-poor-will.
CHAPTER XXIII A LAUGHING FAMILY Downy Woodpecker—Red-headed Woodpecker—Flicker—Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
CHAPTER XXIV TWO ODD FELLOWS Kingfisher—Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
CHAPTER XXV CANNIBALS IN COURT Bald Eagle—Golden Eagle—Screech Owl—Long-eared Owl—Snowy Owl—Great Horned Owl—Marsh Hawk—Sharp-shinned Hawk—Red-shouldered Hawk—Sparrow Hawk.
CHAPTER XXVI A COOING PAIR Passenger Pigeon—Mourning Dove.
CHAPTER XXVII THREE FAMOUS GAME BIRDS Bob White—Ruffled Grouse—Woodcock.
CHAPTER XXVIII ON THE SHORE A Long-necked Family: Black-crowned Night Heron—American Bittern—A Bonnet Martyr and a Blue Giant—Snowy Egret—Great Blue Heron.
CHAPTER XXIX UP THE RIVER Turnstone—Golden Plover—Wilson's Snipe—Spotted Sandpiper—Least Sandpiper—Virginia Rail.
CHAPTER XXX DUCKS AND DRAKES Wood Duck—Black Duck—Mallard—Pintail—Green-winged Teal—Blue-winged Teal—Redhead—Old Squaw—Hooded Merganser.
CHAPTER XXXI GULLS AND TERNS AT HOME Canada Goose—American Herring Gull—Common Tern—Loon—Pied-billed Grebe.
CHAPTER XXXII CHORUS BY THE BIRDS
CHAPTER XXXIII PROCESSION OF BIRD FAMILIES
INDEX