Part 3

IV The Orchard Party—The children’s luncheon and 38 the bird’s lunch-counter. Gray Lady makes a plan.

V Reasons Why—Why birds need protection. The 51 uses of birds. What they do for us and what we should do for them—housing, feeding, etc.

VI Feathers and Hats—Egrets and Ostrich 67 plumes—The wrong and the right of it.

VII The Kind Hearts’ Club—The work that kept the 81 Fingers busy so that the Ears might listen.

VIII The Procession Passes—The fall journey—Five 89 Swallows and a changeling.

IX Two Birds that came Back—The Tame Crow and 102 the English Starling.

X Some Mischief-Makers—The American Crow, Blue 114 Jay, and Purple Grackle.

XI The Flight of the Bird—The wonders of flight. 136 Some new facts about the migrations of birds.

XII Some Suspicious Characters—Hawks and Owls—Two 154 sides of the question.

XIII Tree-trunk Birds—The Woodpeckers—Sapsucker, 175 Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, etc.

XIV Four Notables—Game-birds at home—The Ruffed 197 Grouse, Bob-white, Woodcock, and the Wood Duck.

XV Game-Birds?—The plea of the Meadowlark, 217 Mourning Dove, Sandpiper, Plovers, and Bobolink, the Masquerader. “Spare us, please! We are too small for food.”

XVI Treasure-trove at the Shore—The Herring or 229 Harbour Gull.

XVII The Birds’ Christmas Tree—The preparation and 242 a surprise. The Winter Wren, Tree-sparrow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Crossbills.

XVIII How they spent their Money—The result of the 254 Xmas sale and the Letter Carrier’s horse.

XIX Behind the Bars—American birds that have been 270 prisoners.—The Mockingbird, Cardinal, Nonpareil, and Indigo-bird.

XX Midwinter Birds—Cedar-Bird, Redpoll, Junco, 293 Shrike, Whitethroat, Chickadee, etc.

XXI Jacob Hughes’ Opinion of Cats—The trail in 303 the snow and the bandits that lived in the barn.

XXII February, “The Long-Short Month”—Stories and 310 poems of the Bluebird, Song Sparrow, and Robin.

XXIII March—Red-wing, Kingfisher, and Phœbe. 333

XXIV The Tide has Turned—Wild Geese, 355 Nest-Building, Vesper-Sparrow, Purple Finch, Chippy, Whip-poor-will, Towhee, Ovenbird, House Wren, Thrasher, Catbird, Wood Thrush, Veery, Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, etc.

XXV Bird and Arbour Day at Foxes Corners—In doors 385 and out—Working and talking.

XXVI Some Birds that come in May—In apple-blossom 403 time look for the brightly coloured birds—Oriole, Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo-bird, Yellowthroat, Chat, Humming-bird, Redstart, etc.

XXVII Flag Day—Gray Lady receives and gives a 431 surprise.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOURED PLATES

Baltimore Oriole Frontispiece FACING PAGE Scarlet Tanager 34 Blue Jay 129 Wood Duck 214 Killdeer 224 Indigo Bunting 280 Cardinal 286 Bluebird 314 Red-winged Blackbird 334 Belted Kingfisher 340 American Goldfinch 422 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 426

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