INTRODUCTORY.
Some of the chapters of this little book were written in 1888, on the shore of the Great South Bay, Long Island; others in the northern part of New York State, known to its residents as the "Black River Country," a year or two later. Part of them have been published in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Bazaar, The Independent and other papers.
The nomenclature in the Table of Contents is that adopted by the American Ornithological Society.
OLIVE THORNE MILLER.
CONTENTS.
| ON THE GREAT SOUTH BAY. | ||
| PAGE | ||
| I. | The Kingbird's Nest | [1] |
| Kingbird. Tyrannus tyrannus. | ||
| II. | A Chronicle of Three Little Kings | [19] |
| Kingbird. Tyrannus tyrannus. | ||
| III. | The Babes in the Wood | [34] |
| Flicker. Colaptes auratus. | ||
| IV. | Home Life of the Redstart | [48] |
| American Redstart. Setophaga ruticilla. | ||
| V. | When Nesting is over | [61] |
| Thrasher. Harporhynchus rufus. | ||
| White-bellied Swallow. Tachycineta bicolor. | ||
| Wood Pewee. Contopus virens. | ||
| Bluebird. Sialia sialis. | ||
| VI. | In Search of the Bluejay | [76] |
| Bluejay. Cyanocitta cristata. | ||
| VII. | In the Wood Lot | [83] |
| Bluejay. Cyanocitta cristata. | ||
| VIII. | The Bluejay Baby | [89] |
| Bluejay. Cyanocitta cristata. | ||
| IN THE BLACK RIVER COUNTRY. | ||
| IX. | That Witching Song | [99] |
| Wilson's Thrush. Turdus fuscescens. | ||
| X. | The Veery Mother | [107] |
| Wilson's Thrush. Turdus fuscescens. | ||
| XI. | The Tawny Thrush's Brood | [114] |
| Wilson's Thrush. Turdus fuscescens. | ||
| XII. | A Meadow Nest | [123] |
| Wilson's Thrush. Turdus fuscescens. | ||
| XIII. | A June Round of Calls | [130] |
| Wood Pewee. Contopus virens. | ||
| Junco. Junco hyemalis. | ||
| Flicker. Colaptes auratus. | ||
| Redstart. Setophaga ruticilla. | ||
| Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus varius. | ||
| XIV. | A Bobolink Rhapsody | [138] |
| Bobolink. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. | ||
| XV. | The Bobolink's Nest | [146] |
| Bobolink. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. | ||
| XVI. | The Tanager's Nest | [155] |
| Scarlet Tanager. Piranga erythromelas. | ||
| XVII. | The Wiles of a Warbler | [163] |
| Black-throated Blue. Dendroica cœrulescens. | ||
| XVIII. | A Rainy-day Tramp | [173] |
| Oven-bird. Seiurus aurocapillus. | ||
| XIX. | The Vagaries of a Warbler | [180] |
| Redstart. Setophaga ruticilla. | ||
| Chestnut-sided W. Dendroica pensylvanica. | ||
| XX. | A Clever Cuckoo | [190] |
| Black-billed C. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. | ||
| XXI. | Two Little Drummers | [201] |
| Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus varius. | ||
| Red-headed Woodpecker. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. | ||
| XXII. | From My Window | [221] |
| Phœbe. Sayornis phœbe. | ||
| Robin. Merula migratoria. | ||
| Great-crested Fly-catcher. Myiarchus crinitus. | ||
| Purple Grackle. Quiscalus quiscula. | ||
| Downy Woodpecker. Dryobates pubescens. | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler. Dendroica pensylvanica. | ||
| Kingbird. Tyrannus tyrannus. | ||
| XXIII. | The Comical Crow Baby | [236] |
| Common Crow. Corvus americanus. | ||
| XXIV. | A Midsummer Wooing | [244] |
| American Goldfinch. Spinus tristis. | ||
| XXV. | A Plum-tree Romance | [252] |
| American Goldfinch. Spinus tristis. | ||
| XXVI. | Solitary the Thrush | [259] |
| Hermit Thrush. Turdus aonalaschkœ pallasii. | ||
| Index | [269] | |