Swallows

91
Purple Martin, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow. VIII. The Sparrow Tribe 105
Purple Finch, English Sparrow, Goldfinch, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chippy, Field Sparrow, Junco, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Towhee, Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Snowflake. {x} IX. The Ill-assorted Blackbird Family 135
Bobolink, Cowbird, Red-wing, Meadowlark, Orioles, Blackbirds. X. Rascals We Must Admire 151
Crow, Blue Jay and Canada Jay. XI. The Flycatchers 159
Kingbird, Crested Flycatcher, Phoebe, Pewee, Least Flycatcher. XII. Some Queer Relations 173
Nighthawk, Whip-poor-will, Chimney Swift, Hummingbird. XIII. Non-union Carpenters 187
Our Five Common Woodpeckers. XIV. Cuckoo and Kingfisher 203 XV. Day and Night Allies of the Farmer 211
Buzzards, Hawks, and Owls. XVI. Whistler and Drummer 233
Bob-white and Ruffed Grouse. XVII. Birds of the Shore and Marshes 245
Snipe, Sandpiper, Plover, Rails and Coots, Bitterns and Herons. XVIII. The Fastest Flyers 265
Gulls, Ducks, and Geese.
Index 275

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Red-eyed Vireo.	Frontispiece
	FACING PAGE
It is Only When he is a Baby that you Could Guess our Robin is Really a Thrush. (A. R. Dugmore)	8
Young Bluebirds Taking their First Walk. (A. R. Dugmore)	9
Baby Wood Thrushes—Notice the Family Resemblance Between them and the Baby Robins and Bluebirds. (A. R. Dugmore)	12
A Wood Thrush Startled by the Click of the Camera. (A. R. Dugmore)	13
The Chickadee at her Front Door. (A. R. Dugmore)	22
Young Nuthatches Learning their First Lesson in Balancing on a Horizontal Bar. (W. E. Carlin)	23
The Noisy Contents of a Soap Box: a Family of House Wrens. (A. R. Dugmore)	30
The Marsh Wren's Round Cradle Swung Among the Rushes. (A. R. Dugmore)	31
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Like "Brer Rabbit" the Catbird is Usually "Bred en Bawn in a Brier Patch." (A. R. Dugmore)	34
Another Tragedy of the Nests: What Villain Ate the Catbird's Eggs? (Verne Morton)	35
"Mamma!" Young Mockingbird Calling for Breakfast. (A. R. Dugmore)	50
All is Well with this Yellow Warbler's Nest. (G. C. Embody)	51
Dinner for One: A Black-and-white Warbler Feeding her Baby. (A. R. Dugmore)	51
The Oven-bird who Calls "Teacher, Teacher, TEACHER, TEACHER, TEACHER!" (William P. Hopkins)	58
Oven-bird in her Cleverly Hidden Nest—Some of the