Part 3

XXVIII. THE BIRD 166

XXIX. BEAKS AND CLAWS 172

XXX. TREE, GROUND, AND WATER BIRDS 178

XXXI. ON THE WING 186

XXXII. NEST BUILDING 193

XXXIII. THE BIRD AT HOME 200

XXXIV. BIRDS OF SONG 207

XXXV. THE OTHER PARTNER 211

XXXVI. A BRIGADE OF BIRDS 217

XXXVII. THE BIRDS IN THE WOODS 223

XXXVIII. THE BIRDS IN THE HOUSE 230

XXXIX. THE LOST BIRDS 235

XL. THE FIN FAMILY 239

XLI. OUTSIDE AND INSIDE 245

XLII. WHERE THEY LIVE 252

XLIII. HOW THEY BEHAVE 257

XLIV. FRY AND SCHOOL 262

XLV. SCALES AND TEETH 267

XLVI. BIG AND LITTLE BROTHERS 274

SEA-SIDE AND WAY-SIDE.

LESSON I.

THE GREAT MOTHER.

“What are you doing?” I asked a boy to-day.

“Only digging in the dirt,” he said.

“And what is that in your little cart?”

“Nothing but dirt.”

“And what is this that you call dirt?”

He did not reply. An older boy, who had read more, said: “Dirt is the top crust of the ball, called the earth, on which we live.”