align="left">Catbird. Galeoscoptes Carolinensis.
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Red-eyed Vireo. Vireo olivaceus. |
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American Crow. Corvus Americanus. |
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Wilson's Thrush. Turdus fuscescens. |
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Towhee Bunting. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. |
| IX. |
Down the Meadow |
163 |
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Golden-winged Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. |
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Red-winged Blackbird. Agelaius phœnicens. |
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Bluebird. Sialia sialis. |
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Vesper Sparrow. Poocaëtes gramineus. |
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Eave Swallow. Petrochelidon lunifrons. |
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Tree Swallow. Tachycineta bicolor. |
| X. |
In a Colorado Nook |
177 |
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Summer Yellow-bird. Dendroica æstiva. |
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Western Chewink. Pipilo maculatus articus. |
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Arkansas Goldfinch. Spinus psaltria. |
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Maryland Yellow-throat. Geothlypis trichus. |
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House Wren. Troglodytes ædon. |
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Red-shafted Flicker. Colaptes cafer. |
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Western Meadow Lark. Sturnella magna neglecta. |
| XI. |
The Idyl of an Empty Lot |
192 |
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Night Hawk. Chordeiles virginianus. |
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English Sparrow. Passer domesticus. |
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Thrasher. Harporhynchus rufus. |
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Junco. Junco hyemalis. |
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White-throat Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis. |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Regulus calendula. |
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Hermit Thrush. Turdus aonalaschkæ pallasii. |
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IN THE BIRD-ROOM. |
| XII. |
The Solitaire |
205 |
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Clarin. Myadestes obscurus. |
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Blue Jay. Cyanocitta cristata. |
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Brazilian Cardinal. |
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Mountain Whistler. Siffleur montagne. |
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Trembleur. |
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Townsend's Fly-catching Thrush. Myadestes Townsendii. |
| XIII. |
Incompatibility in the Oriole Family |
227 |
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Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurious. |
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Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| The Shrike.. |
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The tug of war (page 38) |
Frontispiece. |
| The Hermit Thrush. |
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Singing his way down to us |
8 |
| The Shrike.. |
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Babies in gray |
36 |
| The Winter Wren. |
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Cuddled up together on a log |
86 |
| The Yellow-breasted Chat. |
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Love-making |
98 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird. |
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The nest with my lady upon it |
110 |
| The Baltimore Oriole. |
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Feeding the baby |
150 |
| The Golden-winged Woodpecker. |
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Taking breakfast |
164 |
| Solitaire and Blue Jay. |
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Studying the blue jay |