It is offered to the reader without apologies of any sort. It was written as a labor of love—love for little children and love for the birds. If as a result of it even a few children are led to a keener interest in and better understanding of our feathered friends, its purpose will have been accomplished.
THORNTON W. BURGESS
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] Jenny Wren Arrives.
[ CHAPTER II. ] The Old Orchard Bully.
[ CHAPTER III. ] Jenny Has a Good Word for Some Sparrows.
[ CHAPTER IV. ] Chippy, Sweetvoice, and Dotty.
[ CHAPTER V. ] Peter Learns Something He Hadn't Guessed.
[ CHAPTER VI. ] An Old Friend In a New Home.
[ CHAPTER VII. ] The Watchman of the Old Orchard.
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] Old Clothes and Old Houses.
[ CHAPTER IX. ] Longbill and Teeter.
[ CHAPTER X. ] Redwing and Yellow Wing.
[ CHAPTER XI. ] Drummers and Carpenters.
[ CHAPTER XII. ] Some Unlikely Relatives.
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] More of the Blackbird Family.
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] Bob White and Carol the Meadow Lark.
[ CHAPTER XV. ] A Swallow and One Who Isn't.
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] A Robber in the Old Orchard.
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] More Robbers.
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] Some Homes in the Green Forest.
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] A Maker of Thunder and a Friend in Black.
[ CHAPTER XX. ] A Fisherman Robbed.
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] A Fishing Party.
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] Some Feathered Diggers.
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] Some Big Mouths.
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] The Warblers Arrive.
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] Three Cousins Quite Unlike.
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] Peter Gets a Lame Neck.
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] A New Friend and an Old One.
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] Peter Sees Rosebreast and Finds Redcoat.
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] The Constant Singers.
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] Jenny Wren's Cousins.
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] Voices of the Dusk.
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something.
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] A Royal Dresser and a Late Nester.
[ CHAPTER, XXXIV. ] Mourner the Dove and Cuckoo.
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ] A Butcher and a Hummer.
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ] A Stranger and a Dandy.
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ] Farewells and Welcomes.
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ] Honker and Dippy Arrive.
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ] Peter Discovers Two Old Friends.
[ CHAPTER XL. ] Some Merry Seed-Eaters.
[ CHAPTER XLI. ] More Friends Come With the Snow.
[ CHAPTER XLII. ] Peter Learns Something About Spooky.
[ CHAPTER XLIII. ] Queer Feet and a Queerer Bill.
[ CHAPTER XLIV. ] More Folks in Red.
[ CHAPTER XLV. ] Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters.