Gray Lady and the Birds: Stories of the Bird Year for Home and School
GRAY LADY AND THE BIRDS
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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BALTIMORE ORIOLE
Order—Passeres Family—Icteridæ
Mabel Osgood Wright
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RECOGNITION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Bird
A LITTLE MINISTER
The Bird Year and the Migration
The Fall Migration
The Moulting
THE USES OF BIRDS
WARNING! WHAT THE LAW OF YOUR STATE SAYS ABOUT SONG-BIRDS
CRUELTY TO WILD ANIMALS
HOW WE CAN PROTECT BIRDS
HOUSING AND FEEDING
A SUGGESTION FOR THE LUNCH-COUNTER
AN ADIRONDACK LUNCH-COUNTER
MATILDA ANN
The White Heron
ENGLISH STARLING
THE CROW
O JAY!
THE WISE OLD CROW
The Travels of Birds
Causes of the Migrations
How do Birds find their Way?
Accidents during Migration
Distance of Migration
Routes of Migration
The Bobolink Route
The Unknown
Owls and Hawks
THE SCREECH OWL’S VALENTINE
THE EARLY OWL
THREE USEFUL HAWKS
TO A NUTHATCH
THE LITTLE BROWN CREEPER
THE SAPSUCKER
MR. FLICKER WRITES A LETTER
BOB-WHITE
THE RUFFED GROUSE
THE WOODCOCK’S WOOING
THE SANDPIPER
THE O’LINCOLN FAMILY
Mockingbird, Cardinal, Indigo-bird, and Nonpareil
The Mockingbird
The Indigo-bird
THE CARDINAL AT THE HUB
IN CAPTIVITY
WINTER COMRADES
THE SNOWBIRD
ON HEARING A WINTER WREN SING IN WINTER
THE CHICKADEE
BIRD SONGS OF MEMORY
BLUEBIRDS’ GREETING
THE SONG SPARROW
THE SONG SPARROW
ROBIN REJOICE
ROBIN’S MATE
THE KINGFISHER
WILD GEESE
THE NEST
OUT OF THE SOUTH
WHAT TO EXPECT
THE VESPER-SPARROW
WINGED MYSTERIES
THE WOOD THRUSH AND THE WHIP-POOR-WILL
A NIGHTHAWK INCIDENT
TO A CHIMNEY SWIFT
THE HUMMING-BIRD
THE WOOD THRUSH
MOCKERS AND THRUSHES
THE INCREDULOUS VEERY
THE CATBIRD
BIRDS IN SPRING
THE BIRDS AND I
THE BIRDS AND THE TREES
THE BIRDS AND THE HOURS
RED-EYED VIREO
THREE LISPERS AND A VENTRILOQUIST
THE MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT
Singers in Costume
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE
A GOLDFINCH IDYL
A TALKING ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
A SONG OF THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
HYMN OF THE FLAG
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