CITIZEN BIRD

CITIZEN BIRD

SCENES FROM BIRD-LIFE IN PLAIN ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS

BY

MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AND ELLIOTT COUES

1897

WITH ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES

TO ALL BOYS AND GIRLS
WHO LOVE BIRDS
AND WISH TO PROTECT THEM

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHORS

SCENE:
THE ORCHARD FARM.

TIME:
FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN.

CHARACTERS:
DR. ROY HUNTER, a naturalist.
OLIVE, the Doctor's daughter.
NAT and DODO, the Doctor's nephew and niece.
RAP, a country boy.
MAMMY BUN, an old colored nurse.
OLAF, a fisherman.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
OVERTURE BY THE BIRDS

CHAPTER II
THE DOCTOR'S WONDER ROOM

CHAPTER III
A SPARROW SETTLES THE QUESTION

CHAPTER IV
THE BUILDING OF A BIRD

CHAPTER V
CITIZEN BIRD

CHAPTER VI
THE BIRD AS A TRAVELLER

CHAPTER VII
THE BIRD'S NEST

CHAPTER VIII
BEGINNING OF THE BIRD STORIES

CHAPTER IX
A SILVER-TONGUED FAMILY
Bluebird—Robin—Wood Thrush—Wilson's Thrush—Hermit Thrush—Olive-backed Thrush.

CHAPTER X
PEEPERS AND CREEPERS
Golden-crowned Kinglet—White-breasted Nuthatch—Chickadee—Brown Creeper.

CHAPTER XI
MOCKERS AND SCOLDERS
Sage Thrasher—Mockingbird—Catbird—Brown Thrasher—Rock Wren—House Wren—Long-billed Marsh Wren.

CHAPTER XII
WOODLAND WARBLERS
Black-and-white Warbler—Yellow Warbler—Yellow-rumped Warbler—Ovenbird—Maryland Yellow-throat—Yellow-breasted Chat—American Redstart.

CHAPTER XIII
AROUND THE OLD BARN
Red-eyed Vireo—Great Northern Shrike—Cedar Waxwing.

CHAPTER XIV
THE SWALLOWS
Purple Martin—Barn Swallow—Tree Swallow—Bank Swallow.

CHAPTER XV
A BRILLIANT PAIR
Scarlet Tanager—Louisiana Tanager.

CHAPTER XVI
A TRIBE OF WEED WARRIORS
Pine Grosbeak—American Crossbill—American Goldfinch—Snowflake—Vesper Sparrow—White-throated Sparrow—Chipping Sparrow—Slate-colored Junco—Song Sparrow—Towhee—Cardinal—Rose-breasted Grosbeak—Indigo Bird.

CHAPTER XVII
A MIDSUMMER EXCURSION
Bobolink—Orchard Oriole—Baltimore Oriole—Cowbird—Red-winged Blackbird—Purple Grackle—Meadowlark.

CHAPTER XVIII
CROWS AND THEIR COUSINS
American Crow—Blue Jay.

CHAPTER XIX
A FEATHERED FISHERMAN
The Osprey.

CHAPTER XX
SOME SKY SWEEPERS
Kingbird—Phoebe—Wood Pewee.

CHAPTER XXI
HUMMERS AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird—Chimney Swift.

CHAPTER XXII
TWO WINGED MYSTERIES
Nighthawk—Whip-poor-will.

CHAPTER XXIII
A LAUGHING FAMILY
Downy Woodpecker—Red-headed Woodpecker—Flicker—Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

CHAPTER XXIV
TWO ODD FELLOWS
Kingfisher—Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

CHAPTER XXV
CANNIBALS IN COURT
Bald Eagle—Golden Eagle—Screech Owl—Long-eared Owl—Snowy Owl—Great Horned Owl—Marsh Hawk—Sharp-shinned Hawk—Red-shouldered Hawk—Sparrow Hawk.

CHAPTER XXVI
A COOING PAIR
Passenger Pigeon—Mourning Dove.

CHAPTER XXVII
THREE FAMOUS GAME BIRDS
Bob White—Ruffled Grouse—Woodcock.

CHAPTER XXVIII
ON THE SHORE
A Long-necked Family: Black-crowned Night Heron—American Bittern—A Bonnet Martyr and