CITIZEN BIRD***
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CITIZEN BIRD
Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners
BY
MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AND ELLIOTT COUES
With One Hundred and Eleven Illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
1897
[Illustration: Long-eared owl.]
TO ALL BOYS AND GIRLS WHO LOVE BIRDS AND WISH TO PROTECT THEM
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHORS
_SCENE_: THE ORCHARD FARM.
_TIME_: FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN.
_CHARACTERS_: DR. ROY HUNTER, a naturalist. OLIVE, the Doctor's daughter. NAT and DODO, the Doctor's nephew and niece. RAP, a country boy. MAMMY BUN, an old colored nurse. OLAF, a fisherman.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I OVERTURE BY THE BIRDS
CHAPTER II THE DOCTOR'S WONDER ROOM
CHAPTER III A SPARROW SETTLES THE QUESTION
CHAPTER IV THE BUILDING OF A BIRD
CHAPTER V CITIZEN BIRD
CHAPTER VI THE BIRD AS A TRAVELLER
CHAPTER VII THE BIRD'S NEST
CHAPTER VIII BEGINNING OF THE BIRD STORIES
CHAPTER IX A SILVER-TONGUED FAMILY Bluebird--Robin--Wood Thrush--Wilson's Thrush--Hermit Thrush--Olive-backed Thrush.
CHAPTER X PEEPERS AND CREEPERS Golden-crowned Kinglet--White-breasted Nuthatch--Chickadee--Brown Creeper.
CHAPTER XI MOCKERS AND SCOLDERS Sage Thrasher--Mockingbird--Catbird--Brown Thrasher--Rock Wren--House Wren--Long-billed Marsh Wren.
CHAPTER XII WOODLAND WARBLERS Black-and-white Warbler--Yellow Warbler--Yellow-rumped Warbler--Ovenbird--Maryland Yellow-throat--Yellow-breasted Chat--American Redstart.
CHAPTER XIII AROUND THE OLD BARN Red-eyed Vireo--Great Northern Shrike--Cedar Waxwing.
CHAPTER XIV THE SWALLOWS Purple Martin--Barn Swallow--Tree Swallow--Bank Swallow.
CHAPTER XV A BRILLIANT PAIR Scarlet Tanager--Louisiana Tanager.
CHAPTER XVI A TRIBE OF WEED WARRIORS Pine Grosbeak--American Crossbill--American Goldfinch--Snowflake--Vesper Sparrow--White-throated Sparrow--Chipping Sparrow--Slate-colored Junco--Song Sparrow--Towhee--Cardinal--Rose-breasted Grosbeak--Indigo Bird.
CHAPTER XVII A MIDSUMMER EXCURSION Bobolink--Orchard Oriole--Baltimore Oriole--Cowbird--Red-winged Blackbird--Purple Grackle--Meadowlark.
CHAPTER XVIII CROWS AND THEIR COUSINS American Crow--Blue Jay.
CHAPTER XIX A FEATHERED FISHERMAN The Osprey.
CHAPTER XX SOME SKY SWEEPERS Kingbird--Phoebe--Wood Pewee.
CHAPTER XXI HUMMERS AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS Ruby-throated Hummingbird--Chimney Swift.
CHAPTER XXII TWO WINGED MYSTERIES Nighthawk--Whip-poor-will.
