CONTENTS

FIRST BOOK
I. What you want to know [1]
II. When they come in the Spring [3]

THE NESTLING
III. The Bird's Home [9]
IV. The Baby Bird [13]
V. How he is fed [17]
VI. His First Suit [21]
VII. How he changes his Clothes [25]
VIII. His First Flight [29]
IX. His Education [33]
X. Some of his Lessons [37]

THE BIRD GROWN UP
XI. The Bird's Language [43]
XII. What he eats [48]
XIII. More about his Food [52]
XIV. Where he sleeps [57]
XV. His Travels [61]
XVI. His Winter Home [66]
XVII. His Family and Friends [70]
XVIII. His Kindness to others [74]
XIX. His Affections [78]
XX. His Intelligence [83]

HOW HE IS MADE
XXI. His Body [91]
XXII. His Beak and Tongue [95]
XXIII. His Eyes and Ears [100]
XXIV. His Feet and Legs [105]
XXV. His Wings and Tail [109]
XXVI. His Dress [114]
XXVII. Different colored Suits [118]

HIS RELATIONS WITH US
XXVIII. How he works for us [125]
XXIX. How to attract him about our homes [131]
XXX. How to study him [136]

SECOND BOOK
I. What is a Bird Family? [1]
II. The Thrush Family [5]
American Robin [6]
Hermit Thrush [11]
III. The Kinglet and Gnatcatcher Family [14]
Ruby-crowned Kinglet [14]
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [16]
IV. The Nuthatch and Chickadee Family [18]
White-breasted Nuthatch [18]
Red-breasted Nuthatch [20]
Chickadee [22]
Tufted Titmouse [24]
V. The Creeper Family [27]
Brown Creeper [27]
VI. The Cave-dwelling Family (First Branch) [30]
House Wren [31]
VII. The Cave-dwelling Family (Second Branch) [34]
Mockingbird [34]
Catbird [37]
Thrasher [40]
VIII. The Dipper Family [42]
American Dipper [42]
IX. The Wagtail Family [46]
Sprague's Pipit [46]
X. The Warbler Family [49]
Yellow Warbler [50]
Oven-bird [52]
Yellow-breasted Chat [53]
XI. The Vireo Family [55]
Yellow-throated Vireo [56]
Warbling Vireo [57]
XII. The Shrike Family [59]
Loggerhead Shrike [59]
XIII. The Waxwing Family [63]
Cedar-bird [63]
Phainopepla [67]
XIV. The Swallow Family [69]
Barn Swallow [69]
Cliff Swallow, or Eave Swallow [72]
Purple Martin [72]
XV. The Tanager Family [75]
Scarlet Tanager [75]
Summer Tanager [78]
Louisiana Tanager [78]
XVI. The Sparrow and Finch Family [80]
Sparrows
Song Sparrow [81]
Finches
Goldfinch [82]
Towhee, or Chewink [84]
XVII. The Grosbeak Branch [86]
Rose-breasted Grosbeak [86]
Black-headed Grosbeak [88]
Cardinal Grosbeak, or Cardinal [88]
XVIII. The Crossbill Branch [91]
American Crossbill [91]
White-winged Crossbill [92]
XIX. The Blackbird Family [94]
Marsh Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird [94]
Cowbird [98]
XX. The Meadow Starlings [100]
Meadowlark [100]
Western Meadowlark [102]
XXI. The Oriole Branch [104]
Baltimore Oriole [104]
Orchard Oriole [107]
Arizona Hooded Oriole [108]
XXII. The Crow-Blackbird Branch [110]
Purple Grackle [112]
Bronzed Grackle [112]
Brewer's Blackbird [113]
XXIII. The Crow Family [117]
American Crow [117]
Blue Jay [121]
Steller's Jay [126]
American Magpie [126]
XXIV. The Lark Family [131]
Horned Lark [131]
Prairie Horned Lark [131]
XXV. The Flycatching Family [135]
Kingbird [136]
Arkansas Kingbird [140]
Wood Pewee [140]
Western Wood Pewee [142]
XXVI. The Humming Family [143]
Ruby-throated Hummingbird [144]
Anna's Hummingbird [149]
XXVII. The Swift Family [150]
Chimney Swift [150]
XXVIII. The Goatsucker Family [155]
Whip-poor-will [155]
Chuck-will's-widow [157]
Poor-will [157]
Nighthawk [158]
XXIX. The Woodpecker Family [160]
Northern Flicker [161]
Red-shafted Flicker [162]
Red-headed Woodpecker [165]
Californian Woodpecker [167]
XXX. The Kingfisher Family [170]
Belted Kingfisher [170]
XXXI. The Cuckoo Family [174]
Yellow-billed Cuckoo [174]
XXXII. The Owl Family [178]
Screech Owl [180]
Burrowing Owl [182]
XXXIII. The Barn Owl Family [185]
American Barn Owl [185]
XXXIV. The Hawk and Eagle Family [188]
American Sparrow Hawk [189]
American Osprey, or Fish Hawk [190]
Bald Eagle [192]
XXXV. The Scavenger Family [194]
Turkey Vulture [194]
Appendix
Characters of the North American Representatives of the
Families mentioned in this Book [197]
Index [205]