CONTENTS

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[SILVERTIP]1
[THE FIGHT FOR THE BIRD-HOUSE]12
[THE FIR-TREE NEIGHBORS]22
[THE INDUSTRIOUS FLICKERS]36
[PLUCKY MRS. POLISTES]48
[SILVERTIP STOPS A QUARREL]68
[A YOUNG SWIFT TUMBLES]78
[THE VERY RUDE YOUNG ROBINS]96
[THE SYSTEMATIC YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO]108
[THE HELPFUL TUMBLE-BUGS]121
[SILVERTIP LEARNS A LESSON]132
[THE ROBINS’ DOUBLE BROOD]145
[THE SPARROWS INSIDE THE EAVES]158
[A RAINY DAY ON THE LAWN]173
[THE PERSISTENT PHŒBE]183
[THE SAD STORY OF THE HOG CATERPILLAR]199
[THE CAT AND THE CATBIRD]210
[THE FRIENDLY BLACKBIRDS]222

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[THE KITTEN LAPPED UP HIS MILK]6
[THE FIGHT FOR THE BIRD HOUSE]18
[A RED SQUIRREL ATE THEM]34
[A VERY CRUEL THING TO DO]38
[THE CHIMNEY-SWIFT’S HOME]78
[THE VERY RUDE YOUNG ROBINS]100
[STUFFED IT DOWN THE WIDE-OPEN BILL]116
[MR. CHIPMUNK ON THE WOODPILE]142
[“O MOTHER, IT IS RAINING!”]175
[“YOU DESERVE TO BE EATEN”]218

SILVERTIP

A VERY small, wet, and hungry Kitten pattered up and down a board walk one cold and rainy night. His fur was so soaked that it dripped water when he moved, and his poor little pink-cushioned paws splashed more water up from the puddly boards every time he stepped. His tail looked like a wet wisp of fur, and his little round face was very sad. “Meouw!” said he. “Meouw! Meouw!”