[CONTENTS.]

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Introduction[iii]
I.The Message of a Mocking-bird[1]
II.Some People we like to Know[5]
III.Civilized Birds[9]
IV.How Birds Dress[13]
V.How Madam Bird combs her Hair[18]
VI.What Birds carry in their Pockets[22]
VII.Child Birds[28]
VIII.How Baby Birds are Fed[33]
IX.At Meal-time[39]
X.Seed-eaters and Meat-eaters[45]
XI.Some Birds with a Bad Name[50]
XII.Before Breakfast[57]
XIII.Our Birds' Restaurant—Meals at All Hours[62]
XIV.Umbrellas and Other Things[68]
XV.Cradle Making[73]
XVI.Our Screech Owl[78]
XVII.Birds at Work and Play[83]
XVIII.Some Other Birds at Work[89]
XIX.A Pet Humming-bird[97]
XX.How we took the Humming-birds' Pictures [100]
XXI.Our Robin Redbreast[107]
XXII.More about Our Robin[111]
XXIII.Going to Bed and getting up[116]
XXIV.Mrs. Towhee proposes a Garden Party[123]
XXV.At the Garden Party[129]
XXVI.Our Bird Hospital[137]
XXVII.A Splendid Collection[141]

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

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Mocking-bird[2]
The Young Mocking-bird that lost its Tail in the Door[4]
Crow Blackbird[11]
Turkey Buzzard[15]
Mountain Quail[20]
Ruby-crowned Kinglet[23]
Short-eared Owl[24]
Nest full of Young Birds[27]
Linnet[30]
Humming-bird feeding her Young[35]
Blue Jay[38]
Downy Woodpecker[42]
Chimney Swift[46]
Arkansas Goldfinch[47]
King-bird[51]
Loggerhead Shrike[53]
English Sparrow[55]
Brown Towhee[58]
Song Sparrow[64]
Baltimore Oriole [75]
Ground Owl[77]
Screech Owl[79]
Barn Swallow[87]
Marsh Owl[88]
Costa's Humming-bird[89]
Cat-bird[94]
Brown Thrush[95]
Anna's Humming-birds[105]
Robin[108]
Western Bluebird[117]
Whip-poor-will[121]
Phœbe[124]
Flicker[127]
California Bush-tit and Nest[132]
Meadow Lark[135]
Wax-wing[139]
Snowy Heron[143]