Copyright, 1903
By L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(Incorporated)
All rights reserved
Made in U.S.A.
New Edition, April, 1925
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.
PREFACE
Where can you find a lad who does not treasure among his secrets the nesting-place of some pair of birds? Where can you find a child who does not watch for the first robin of spring-time? Where can you find one who does not know when the wild ducks in the wedge-shaped flocks fly southward?
This little book of "Bird Stories" is written both for the children who already know our common birds, and for those who may know them if they choose.
For those children who know, the book is a verification of their own facts, with an addition of stories, poems, and songs to make facts beautiful; for the children who do not know, the book is a simple set of facts placed before them for verification and entertainment.
To all, may the knowledge obtained be a pleasure and a delight.
LENORE ELIZABETH MULETS.