Birds Every Child Should Know
Neltje Blanchan
Birds Every Child Should Know
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BIRDS Every Child Should Know by Neltje Blanchan
BIRDS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
BIRDS THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW BY NELTJE BLANCHAN
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I OUR ROBIN GOODFELLOW AND HIS RELATIONS:
THE AMERICAN ROBIN Called also: Red-breasted Thrush; Migratory Thrush; Robin Redbreast
THE BLUEBIRD
THE WOOD THRUSH Called also: Song Thrush; Wood Robin; Bell Bird
WILSON'S THRUSH
CHAPTER II SOME NEIGHBOURLY ACROBATS
THE CHICKADEE Called also: Black-capped Titmouse
TUFTED TITMOUSE Called also: Peto Bird; Crested Tomtit; Crested Titmouse
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH Called also: Tree Mouse; Devil Downhead.
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
CHAPTER III A GROUP OF LIVELY SINGERS
THE HOUSE WREN
THE CAROLINA WREN
THE MARSH WREN
THE BROWN THRASHER Called also: Brown Thrush; Long Thrush; Ground Thrush; Red Thrush; French Mocking-bird; Mavis.
THE CATBIRD
THE MOCKINGBIRD
CHAPTER IV THE WARBLERS
YELLOW WARBLER Called also: Summer Yellowbird; Wild Canary.
BLACK AND WHITE CREEPING WARBLER
OVEN-BIRD Called also: The Teacher; Golden-crowned Thrush; The Accentor.
MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT Called also: Black-masked Ground Warbler
THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
THE REDSTART
CHAPTER V THE VIREOS: ANOTHER STRICTLY AMERICAN FAMILY
THE VIREOS
THE RED-EYED VIREO
THE WHITE-EYED VIREO
THE YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
THE WARBLING VIREO
CHAPTER VI BIRDS NOT OF A FEATHER
THE BUTCHER-BIRDS OR SHRIKES
THE CEDAR WAXWING Called also: Cedarbird; Cherry-bird; Bonnet bird, Silk-tail.
THE SCARLET TANAGER Called also: Black-winged Redbird
CHAPTER VII THE SWALLOWS
THE SWALLOWS
THE PURPLE MARTIN
THE BARN SWALLOW
THE EAVE OR CLIFF SWALLOW
THE BANK SWALLOW Called also: Sand Martin; Sand Swallow
THE TREE SWALLOW Called also: White-breasted Swallow
CHAPTER VIII THE SPARROW TRIBE
THE SPARROW TRIBE
THE SONG SPARROW
SWAMP SPARROW
FIELD SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
ENGLISH SPARROW
CHIPPING SPARROW Called also: Chippy; Door-step Sparrow; Hair Sparrow.
TREE SPARROW Called also: Winter Chippy
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW Called also: Peabody-bird; Canada Sparrow
FOX SPARROW
JUNCO Called also: Slate-coloured Snow-bird
SNOWFLAKE
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH Called also: Black-winged Yellow-bird; Thistle Bird; Lettuce Bird; Wild Canary.
PURPLE FINCH Called also: Linnet
INDIGO BUNTING Called also: Indigo-bird.
TOWHEE Called also: Chewink; Ground Robin; Joree
RED-BREASTED GROSBEAK
CARDINAL GROSBEAK Called also: Crested Redbird: Virginia Nightingale.
CHAPTER IX THE ILL-ASSORTED BLACKBIRD FAMILY
BOBOLINK Called also: Reedbird; Ricebird; Ortolan; Maybird
COWBIRD
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Called also: Swamp Blackbird
RUSTY BLACKBIRD Called also: Thrush Blackbird
MEADOWLARK Called also: Old-field Lark; Meadow Starling
ORCHARD ORIOLE
BALTIMORE ORIOLE Called also: Firebird; Golden Robin; Hang-nest; Golden Oriole
THE PURPLE AND THE BRONZED GRACKLES Called also: Crow Blackbirds
CHAPTER X RASCALS WE MUST ADMIRE
AMERICAN CROW
BLUE JAY
CANADA JAY Called also: Whiskey Jack; Moose-bird; Meat-bird
CHAPTER XI THE FLYCATCHERS
THE FLYCATCHERS
KINGBIRD Called also: Bee Martin
CRESTED FLYCATCHER
PHOEBE Called also: Bridge Pewee; Dusky Flycatcher; Water Pewee
WOOD PEWEE
LEAST FLYCATCHER Called also: Chebec
CHAPTER XII SOME QUEER RELATIONS
WHIP-POOR-WILL
NIGHTHAWK Called also: Bull-bat; Night-jar; Mosquito-hawk
CHIMNEY SWIFT
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
CHAPTER XIII NON-UNION CARPENTERS
OUR FIVE COMMON WOODPECKERS
DOWNY WOODPECKER
HAIRY WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
FLICKER Called also: High-hole; Clape; Golden-winged Woodpecker; Yellow-hammer; Yucker.
CHAPTER XIV CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO Called also: Rain Crow
BELTED KINGFISHER Called also: The Halcyon
CHAPTER XV DAY AND NIGHT ALLIES OF THE FARMER
TURKEY VULTURE Called also: Turkey Buzzard
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Called also: Hen Hawk; Chicken Hawk; Winter Hawk
RED-TAILED HAWK Called also: Hen Hawk; Chicken Hawk; Red Hawk
COOPER'S HAWK Called also: Chicken Hawk; Big Blue Darter
BALD EAGLE
AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK Called also: Killy Hawk; Rusty-crowned Falcon; Mouse Hawk.
AMERICAN OSPREY Called also: Fish Hawk
OWLS
BARN OWL Called also: Monkey-faced Owl
SHORT-EARED OWL Called also: Marsh Owl; Meadow Owl
BARRED OWL Called also: Hoot Owl
SCREECH OWLS
CHAPTER XVI MOURNER, WHISTLER, AND DRUMMER
MOURNING DOVE Called also: Carolina Dove
BOB-WHITE Called Also: "Quail-on-Toast"; Partridge
RUFFED GROUSE Called also: Partridge
CHAPTER XVII BIRDS OF THE SHORE AND MARSHES
KILLDEER
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
WOODCOCK Called also: Blind, Wall-eyed, Mud, Bigheaded, Wood, and Whistling Snipe; Bog-sucker; Bogbird; Timber Doodle.
RAILS
GREAT BLUE HERON
LITTLE GREEN HERON Called also: Poke; Chuckle-head
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Called also: Quawk; Qua Bird
AMERICAN BITTERN Called also: Stake-driver; Poke; Freckled Heron; Booming Bittern; Indian Hen.
CHAPTER XVIII THE FASTEST FLYERS
CANADA GOOSE
WILD DUCKS
HERRING GULL Called also: Winter Gull
INDEX
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