CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Disobedient Woodpecker | [1 ] |
| (French) | |
| Mother Magpie's Kindergarten | [6 ] |
| (Isle of Wight) | |
| The Gorgeous Goldfinch | [14] |
| (Roumanian) | |
| King of the Birds | [18] |
| (Gascon) | |
| Halcyone | [27] |
| (Greek) | |
| The Forgetful Kingfisher | [33] |
| (German) | |
| The Wren who brought Fire | [39] |
| (French) | |
| How the Bluebird crossed | [45] |
| (Samoan) | |
| The Peacock's Cousin | [49] |
| (Arabic, Malay) | |
| The Masquerading Crow | [59] |
| (Russian) | |
| King Solomon and the Birds | [69] |
| (Arabic) | |
| The Pious Robin | [81] |
| (Breton, Basque, Greek) | |
| The Robin who was an Indian | [87] |
| (Ojibway) | |
| The Inquisitive Woman | [94] |
| (Roumanian) | |
| Why the Nightingale wakes | [98] |
| (French) | |
| Mrs. Partridge's Babies | [105] |
| (Greek) | |
| The Early Girl | [109] |
| (Roumanian) | |
| How the Blackbird spoiled his Coat | [114] |
| (French) | |
| The Blackbird and the Fox | [124] |
| (French) | |
| The Dove who spoke Truth | [127] |
| (Welsh) | |
| The Fowls on Pilgrimage | [132] |
| (Greek) | |
| The Ground-Pigeon | [138] |
| (Malay) | |
| Sister Hen and the Crocodile | [145] |
| (Congo Negro) | |
| The Thrush and the Cuckoo | [153] |
| (Roumanian, German) | |
| The Owl and the Moon | [157] |
| (Malay) | |
| The Tufted Cap | [164] |
| (Ainu, Japanese Islands) | |
| The Good Hunter | [168] |
| (Iroquois) | |
| The Courtship of Mr. Stork and Miss Heron | [176] |
| (Russian) | |
| The Phœnix | [184] |
| (Egyptian) |
Seven of these tales appeared originally in The Churchman and two in The Congregationalist. They are reprinted by the courteous permission of the publishers of those magazines.