Part 1

Produced by Al Haines

STORIES OF BIRDS

Lenore Elizabeth Mulets

Illustrated by

Sophie Schneider

"When our babe he goeth walking in his garden Around his tinkling feet the sunbeams play; The posies they are good to him And bow them as they should to him As he fareth upon his kingly way: The birdlings of the wood to him Make music, gentle music, all the day When our babe he goeth walking in his garden."

--Eugene Field.

Boston: L. C. Page and Company

Publishers

Copyright, 1903

By L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

(Incorporated)

All rights reserved

Made in U.S.A.

New Edition, April, 1925

THE COLONIAL PRESS

C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

PREFACE

Where can you find a lad who does not treasure among his secrets the nesting-place of some pair of birds? Where can you find a child who does not watch for the first robin of spring-time? Where can you find one who does not know when the wild ducks in the wedge-shaped flocks fly southward?

This little book of "Bird Stories" is written both for the children who already know our common birds, and for those who may know them if they choose.

For those children who know, the book is a verification of their own facts, with an addition of stories, poems, and songs to make facts beautiful; for the children who do not know, the book is a simple set of facts placed before them for verification and entertainment.

To all, may the knowledge obtained be a pleasure and a delight.

LENORE ELIZABETH MULETS.

CONTENTS

The Chickadee In the Snow Twenty Little Chickadees The Snowbird's Song How the Birds Got Their Feathers Chilly Little Chickadees All About the Chickadee

Robin Redbreast Merry Robin Redbreast The Robin's Red Breast Which Was the Wiser? All About the Robin

The Swallow Under the Eaves The Swallows All About the Barn Swallow

The Hawk and the Raven From the Barnyard Fence The First Hawk Origin of the Raven and the Macaw All About the Chicken-Hawk All About the Raven