CONTENTS.
Reading edition
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I. Baby Birds 1 Purple Crow Blackbird. Quiscalus quiscula. Redwing Blackbird. Agelœus phœniceus. Yellow-Throated Warbler. Dendroica dominica. Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. White-Bellied Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis. American Robin. Merula migratoria. Phœbe. Sayornis phœbe.
II. Bird-study in a Southern State 19 Great White Heron. Ardea occidentalis. Bald Eagle. Haliæetus leucocephalus. Wilson's Tern. Sterna hirundo. Ring Plover. Ægialitis hiaticula.
III. The Mocking-Bird's Nest 33 Mocking-Bird. Mimus polyglottos.
IV. A Tricksy Spirit 65 Mocking-Bird. Mimus polyglottos.
V. The "Wise Bluebird" 95 Bluebird. Sialia sialis.
VI. The Golden-Wing 113 Golden-Wing Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus.
VII. A Stormy Wooing 129 Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurius.
VIII. Flutterbudget 145 Brown Thrush, or Thrasher. Harporhynchus rufus.
IX. "O Wondrous Singers" 159 Wilson's Thrush. Turdus fuscescens. Gray-Cheeked Thrush. Turdus aliciæ.
X. A Bird of Affairs 173 Blue-Jay. Cyanocitta cristata.
XI. The Blue-Jay Again 189
XII. Virginia's Wooing 205 Virginia Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
XIII. Friendship in Feathers 221 Scarlet Tanager. Piranga erythromelas. English Goldfinch. Fringilla carduelis.
XIV. The Rosy Shield 237 Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Habia ludoviciana.
XV. The Bird of Mystery 251 Birds of Paradise. Paradisæa.