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Gray Lady and the Birds

Subtitle: Stories of the Bird Year for Home and School

Mabel Osgood Wright

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1. Front matter 2. TO THE CHILDREN 3. BE SURE THAT YOU SEE ARIGHT!4. RECOGNITION 5. TO THE GROWN-UP—LEND A HAND!6. I GRAY LADY APPEARS 7. II A RAINY DAY 8. III GRAY LADY AT SCHOOL 9. The Bird 10. A LITTLE MINISTER 11. The Bird Year and the Migration 12. The Fall Migration 13. The Moulting 14. IV THE ORCHARD PARTY 15. V REASONS WHY 16. THE USES OF BIRDS 17. WARNING! WHAT THE LAW OF YOUR STATE SAYS ABOUT SONG-BIRDS 18. CRUELTY TO WILD ANIMALS 19. HOW WE CAN PROTECT BIRDS 20. HOUSING AND FEEDING 21. A SUGGESTION FOR THE LUNCH-COUNTER 22. AN ADIRONDACK LUNCH-COUNTER 23. MATILDA ANN 24. The White Heron 25. The Ostrich 26. VII THE KIND HEARTS’ CLUB 27. VIII THE PROCESSION PASSES 28. THE SWALLOWS 29. IX TWO BIRDS THAT CAME BACK 30. ENGLISH STARLING 31. X SOME MISCHIEF-MAKERS 32. THE CROW 33. The Blue Jay 34. O JAY!35. THE WISE OLD CROW 36. XI THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRD 37. The Travels of Birds 38. Causes of the Migrations 39. How do Birds find their Way?40. Accidents during Migration 41. Distance of Migration 42. Routes of Migration 43. The Bobolink Route 44. The Unknown 45. Owls and Hawks 46. THE SCREECH OWL’S VALENTINE 47. THE EARLY OWL 48. THREE USEFUL HAWKS 49. XIII TREE-TRUNK BIRDS 50. TO A NUTHATCH 51. THE LITTLE BROWN CREEPER 52. THE SAPSUCKER 53. MR. FLICKER WRITES A LETTER 54. XIV FOUR NOTABLES 55. BOB-WHITE 56. PARTRIDGES (Ruffed Grouse)57. THE RUFFED GROUSE 58. THE WOODCOCK’S WOOING 59. XV GAME-BIRDS?60. The Mourning Dove 61. THE SANDPIPER 62. THE O’LINCOLN FAMILY 63. The Herring or Harbour Gull 64. XVII THE BIRDS’ CHRISTMAS TREE 65. XVIII HOW THEY SPENT THEIR MONEY 66. Mockingbird, Cardinal, Indigo-bird, and Nonpareil 67. The Mockingbird 68. The Cardinal 69. The Indigo-bird 70. Painted Bunting or Nonpareil 71. THE CARDINAL AT THE HUB 72. IN CAPTIVITY 73. WINTER COMRADES 74. THE SNOWBIRD 75. ON HEARING A WINTER WREN SING IN WINTER 76. THE CHICKADEE 77. BIRD SONGS OF MEMORY 78. XXI JACOB HUGHES’ OPINION OF CATS 79. Bluebird, Song Sparrow, Robin 80. BLUEBIRDS’ GREETING 81. THE SONG SPARROW 82. THE SONG SPARROW 83. ROBIN REJOICE 84. ROBIN’S MATE 85. MARCH 86. THE KINGFISHER 87. THE MASQUERADING CHICKADEE 88. WILD GEESE 89. Nest-Building 90. THE NEST 91. OUT OF THE SOUTH 92. WHAT TO EXPECT 93. THE VESPER-SPARROW 94. WINGED MYSTERIES 95. THE WOOD THRUSH AND THE WHIP-POOR-WILL 96. A NIGHTHAWK INCIDENT 97. TO A CHIMNEY SWIFT 98. THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD 99. THE HUMMING-BIRD 100. THE WOOD THRUSH 101. MOCKERS AND THRUSHES 102. THE INCREDULOUS VEERY 103. THE BROWN THRASHER 104. THE CATBIRD 105. XXV BIRD AND ARBOUR DAY AT FOXES CORNERS 106. BIRDS IN SPRING 107. THE BIRDS AND I 108. THE BIRDS AND THE TREES 109. THE BIRDS AND THE HOURS 110. XXVI SOME BIRDS THAT COME IN MAY 111. RED-EYED VIREO 112. THREE LISPERS AND A VENTRILOQUIST 113. The Summer Yellowbird 114. Maryland Yellowthroat 115. THE MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT 116. Singers in Costume 117. THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE 118. THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE 119. A GOLDFINCH IDYL 120. A TALKING ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.121. A SONG OF THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 122. XXVII FLAG DAY 123. HYMN OF THE FLAG 124. INDEX

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