A Bird-Lover in the West

by Olive Thorne Miller

CONTENTS.

IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
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[I.]	Camping in Colorado		3
[II.]	In the Cottonwoods		17
		Western wood-pewee. Contopus richardsonii.
		Western house wren. Troglodytes aëdon aztecus.
		Towhee. Pipilo erythrophthalmus.
[III.]	An Uproar of Song		32
		Western meadow-lark. Sturnella magna neglecta.
		Horned lark. Otocoris alpestris leucolæma.
		Yellow warbler. Dendroica æstiva.
		Western wood-pewee. Contopus richardsonii.
		Humming-bird. Trochilus colubris.
		Long-tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda.
[IV.]	The Tragedy of a Nest		42
		Long-tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda.
[V.]	A Feast of Flowers		52
[VI.]	A Cinderella among Flowers		60
[VII.]	Cliff-Dwellers in the Cañon		70
		Cañon wren. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus.
		American dipper. Cinclus mexicanus.
IN THE MIDDLE COUNTRY.
[VIII.]	At Four O'Clock in the Morning		95
		Purple grackle. Quiscalus quiscula.
		Mourning dove. Zenaidura macroura.
		Red-headed woodpecker. Melanerpes erythrocephalus.
		Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata.
		Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis.
		American robin. Merula migratoria.
		Golden-wing woodpecker. Colaptes auratus.
		House sparrow. Passer domesticus.
[IX.]	The Little Redbirds		113
		Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis.
		House sparrow. Passer domesticus.
[X.]	The Cardinal's Nest		119
		Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis.
		Bobolink. Dolichonyx oryzivorus.
		Meadow-lark. Sturnella magna.
[XI.]	Little Boy Blue		126
		Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata.
[XII.]	Story of the Nestlings		136
		Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata.
[XIII.]	Blue Jay Manners		144
		Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata.
[XIV.]	The Great Carolinian		154
		Great Carolina wren. Thryothorus ludovicianus.
		Yellow-billed cuckoo. Coccyzus americanus.
		Crested flycathcer. Myiarchus crinitus.
[XV.]	The Wrenlings Appear		172
		Great Carolina wren. Thryothorus ludovicianus.
[XVI.]	The Apple-tree Nest		183
		Orchard oriole. Icterus spurius.
[XVII.]	Cedar-tree Little Folk		194
		Mourning dove. Zenaidura macroura.
BESIDE THE GREAT SALT LAKE.
[XVIII.]	In a Pasture		207
		Louisiana tanager Piranga ludoviciana.
		Green-tailed towhee. Pipilo chlorurus.
		Magppie. Pica pica hudsonica.
[XIX.]	The Secret of the Wild Rose Path		231
		Long-tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda.
		Western robin. Merula migratoria propinqua.
		Black-headed grosbeak. Habia melanocephala.
[XX.]	On the Lawn		259
		Lazuli-painted finch. Passerina amœna.
		Broad-tailed humming-bird. Trochilus platycercus.
		House sparrow. Passer domesticus.

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