INTRODUCTORY.
The sketches of bird manners and customs in this little collection are the record of careful observation, and scrupulously true in every particular. The facts may not all be new to Science, but since they are genuine studies from life, and each bird whose acquaintance I make is as truly a discovery to me as if he were totally unknown to the world, I venture to hope that lovers of birds may find in these pages real, live, individuals in feathers, honestly "brothers of ours."
OLIVE THORNE MILLER.
CONTENTS.
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- I. [Baby Birds] 1
- Purple Crow Blackbird. Quiscalus quiscula.
- Redwing Blackbird. Agelœus phœniceus.
- Yellow-Throated Warbler. Dendroica dominica.
- Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula.
- White-Bellied Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis.
- American Robin. Merula migratoria.
- Phœbe. Sayornis phœbe.
- II. [Bird-study in a Southern State] 19
- Great White Heron. Ardea occidentalis.
- Bald Eagle. Haliæetus leucocephalus.
- Wilson's Tern. Sterna hirundo.
- Ring Plover. Ægialitis hiaticula.
- III. [The Mocking-Bird's Nest] 33
- Mocking-Bird. Mimus polyglottos.
- IV. [A Tricksy Spirit] 65
- Mocking-Bird. Mimus polyglottos.
- V. [The "Wise Bluebird"] 95
- Bluebird. Sialia sialis.
- VI. [The Golden-Wing] 113
- Golden-Wing Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus.
- VII. [A Stormy Wooing] 129
- Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurius.
- VIII. [Flutterbudget] 145
- Brown Thrush, or Thrasher. Harporhynchus rufus.
- IX. ["O Wondrous Singers"] 159
- Wilson's Thrush. Turdus fuscescens.
- Gray-Cheeked Thrush. Turdus aliciæ.
- X. [A Bird of Affairs] 173
- Blue-Jay. Cyanocitta cristata.
- XI. [The Blue-Jay Again] 189
- XII. [Virginia's Wooing] 205
- Virginia Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
- XIII. [Friendship in Feathers] 221
- Scarlet Tanager. Piranga erythromelas.
- English Goldfinch. Fringilla carduelis.
- XIV. [The Rosy Shield] 237
- Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Habia ludoviciana.
- XV. [The Bird of Mystery] 251
- Birds of Paradise. Paradisæa.