CONTENTS

The Bluebird[1]
The Bluebird (poem)[13]
The Robin[15]
The Flicker[21]
The Phœbe[28]
The Coming of Phœbe (poem)[31]
The Cowbird[33]
The Chipping Sparrow[36]
The Chewink[39]
The Brown Thrasher[42]
The House Wren[47]
The Song Sparrow[53]
The Chimney Swift[61]
The Oven-Bird[69]
The Catbird[72]
The Bobolink[77]
The Bobolink (poem)[82]
The Wood Thrush[83]
The Baltimore Oriole[91]
The Whip-poor-will[95]
The Black-throated Blue Warbler: A Search for
a Rare Nest		[100]
The Marsh Hawk: A Marsh Hawk's Nest, a Young
Hawk, and a Visit to a Quail on her Nest		[106]
The Winter Wren[119]
The Cedar-Bird[122]
The Goldfinch[125]
The Hen-Hawk[130]
The Ruffed Grouse, or Partridge[133]
The Partridge (poem)[137]
The Crow[138]
The Crow (poem)[144]
The Northern Shrike[147]
The Screech Owl[151]
The Chickadee[157]
The Downy Woodpecker[161]
The Downy Woodpecker (poem)[169]
Index[173]