Illustrated by Sophie Schneider

Boston: L. C. Page and Company Publishers

PREFACE

Boston: L. C. Page and Company Publishers

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

The Kingfisher     With the Water Watchman     The Halcyon Birds     All About the Kingfisher

The Red-Headed Woodpecker     In Cap of Red     A Legend of the Northland     All About the Woodpecker

The Lark     In the Meadow     The Song of the Merry Lark     Saved by a Lark     All About the Meadow Lark

The Owl     A Good-Night     The Owl (Tennyson)     The Owl Girl     The Owl and the Raven     The Owl (Shakespeare)     All About the Barred or Hoot Owl

The Bobolink     A Summer Song     Robert of Lincoln     All About the Bobolink or Rice-Bird

The Sea-Doves and the Great Blue Heron     Beside the Sea     Sea-Pigeons     The Sandpiper     The Circling of Cranes     All About the Great Blue Heron or Blue Crane     All About the Sea-Dove

"He came quite close and stared at the little girl" (see page 4) . . . . . . Frontispiece

"By this time the robin was on the ground"

"'No robin or chickadee could build such nests as the swallow'"

"On a branch sat a bird. He was considerably larger than a robin"

"The owl only blinked his great eyes"

"'She is sitting on a nestful of light blue eggs'"

The Chickadee

IN THE SNOW

TWENTY LITTLE CHICKADEES

THE SNOWBIRD'S SONG[1]

HOW THE BIRDS GOT THEIR FEATHERS

(IROQUOIS MYTH)

CHILLY LITTLE CHICKADEES[1]

ALL ABOUT THE CHICKADEE

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS.

MERRY ROBIN REDBREAST

[Illustration: "By this time the robin was on the ground" (missing from book)]

THE ROBIN'S RED BREAST[1]

WHICH WAS THE WISER?[1]

ALL ABOUT THE ROBIN

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

The Swallow

UNDER THE EAVES

"'No robin or chickadee could build such nests as the swallow'"

THE SWALLOWS

ALL ABOUT THE BARN SWALLOW

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

The Hawk

FROM THE BARNYARD FENCE

THE FIRST HAWK

ORIGIN OF THE RAVEN AND THE MACAW

(ZUNI CREATION MYTH)

ALL ABOUT THE CHICKEN-HAWK

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

ALL ABOUT THE RAVEN

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

WITH THE WATER WATCHMAN

"On a branch sat a bird. He was considerably larger than a robin"

THE HALCYON BIRDS

ALL ABOUT THE KINGFISHER

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

Woodpecker

IN CAP OF RED

A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND[1]

ALL ABOUT THE WOODPECKER

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

Larks

IN THE MEADOW

THE SONG OF THE MERRY LARK[1]

SAVED BY A LARK[1]

ALL ABOUT THE MEADOW LARK

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

The Owl

A GOOD-NIGHT

"The owl only blinked his great eyes"

THE OWL

THE OWL GIRL

THE OWL AND THE RAVEN[1]

THE OWL

ALL ABOUT THE BARRED OR HOOT OWL

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

The Bobolink

A SUMMER SONG

"'She is sitting on a nestful of light blue eggs'"

ROBERT OF LINCOLN

ALL ABOUT THE BOBOLINK OR RICEBIRD

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

Great Blue Heron

BESIDE THE SEA

SEA-PIGEONS

THE SANDPIPER[1]

THE CIRCLING OF CRANES

ALL ABOUT THE GREAT BLUE HERON OR BLUE CRANE

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

ALL ABOUT THE SEA-DOVE

SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS