[Gutenberg 59880] • Bird Biographies by Ball, Alice Eliza -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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BIRD BIOGRAPHIES A GUIDE-BOOK FOR BEGINNERS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD

SPRING TWILIGHT

CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS DESCRIPTIONS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF OUR COMMON WINTER BIRDS PART TWO WINTER BIRDS Permanent Residents and Winter Visitors BIRDS SEEN DURING THE WINTER NEAR NEW YORK CITY[2]

PERMANENT RESIDENTS WINTER RESIDENTS AND VISITORS

DESCRIPTIONS AND BIOGRAPHIES THE BLUE JAY Crow Family—Corvidæ

FLORIDA JAYS PACIFIC COAST JAYS THE CANADA JAY

THE AMERICAN CROW Crow Family—Corvidæ

THE RAVEN

THE CARDINAL Cardinal Grosbeak, Redbird, Virginia Nightingale THE PINE GROSBEAK Finch Family—Fringillidæ THE AMERICAN OR RED CROSSBILL Finch Family—Fringillidæ

THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL THE WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL

THE JUNCO OR SLATE-COLORED SNOWBIRD Finch Family—Fringillidæ THE SNOWFLAKE OR SNOW BUNTING Finch Family—Fringillidæ THE TREE SPARROW OR WINTER CHIPPY Finch Family—Fringillidæ

THE TREE SPARROW

THE BOHEMIAN WAXWING

THE TUFTED TITMOUSE OR TOMTIT Titmouse Family—Paridæ THE CHICKADEE OR BLACK-CAPPED TITMOUSE Titmouse Family—Paridæ THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET Old World Warbler Family—Sylviidæ THE CAROLINA WREN Wren Family—Troglodytidæ THE WINTER WREN Wren Family—Troglodytidæ THE DOWNY WOODPECKER Woodpecker Family—Picidæ THE HAIRY WOODPECKER Woodpecker Family—Picidæ THE WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH Nuthatch Family—Sittidæ THE RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH Nuthatch Family—Sittidæ THE BROWN CREEPER Creeper Family—Certhiidæ THE STARLING Starling Family—Sturnidæ THE NORTHERN SHRIKE OR BUTCHER-BIRD Shrike Family—Laniidæ DESCRIPTIONS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF OUR EARLY SPRING BIRDS PART THREE EARLY SPRING BIRDS MIGRATION LISTS

DESCRIPTIONS AND BIOGRAPHIES THE AMERICAN ROBIN Thrush Family—Turdidæ THE BLUEBIRD Thrush Family—Turdidæ THE SONG SPARROW Finch Family—Fringillidæ

THE SONG SPARROW

THE FOX SPARROW Finch Family—Fringillidæ THE PHŒBE Flycatcher Family—Tyrranidæ

THE BLACK PHŒBE

THE CROW BLACKBIRD OR PURPLE GRACKLE American Blackbird Family—Icteridæ

THE BRONZED GRACKLE THE FLORIDA GRACKLE THE BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE

THE VESPER SPARROW

IDENTIFICATION OF WARBLERS

GROUP ONE—THE GROUND WARBLERS 1. THE OVEN-BIRD 2. THE WATER-THRUSHES 3. THE WORM-EATING WARBLER GROUP TWO—THE BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS 1. THE BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER 2. THE BLACK-POLL WARBLER GROUP THREE—THE BLACK, WHITE, AND YELLOW WARBLERS 1. THE MYRTLE WARBLER OR YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER 2. THE MAGNOLIA WARBLER GROUP FOUR—THE BLACK AND ORANGE WARBLERS 1. THE REDSTART 2. THE BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER GROUP FIVE—THE YELLOW AND OLIVE-GREEN WARBLERS 1. THE YELLOW WARBLER, OR SUMMER YELLOW-BIRD 2. THE PINE WARBLER 3. THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT

The Maryland Yellow-Throat

4. THE HOODED WARBLER 5. WILSON’S WARBLER 6. THE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER 7. THE CANADIAN WARBLER 8. THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT 9. THE YELLOW PALM WARBLER GROUP SIX—BLUE OR BLUE AND YELLOW WARBLERS 1. THE CERULEAN WARBLER 2. THE BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER 3. THE BLUE-WINGED WARBLER 4. THE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER 5. THE NORTHERN PARULA WARBLER GROUP SEVEN—WARBLERS WITH REDDISH-BROWN MARKINGS 1. THE BAY-BREASTED WARBLER 2. THE CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER THE THRUSHES Thrush Family—Turdidæ

THE WOOD THRUSH THE OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH THE GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH AND BICKNELL’S THRUSHES THE VEERY THE HERMIT THRUSH

AFTERWORD FOOTNOTES INDEX Transcriber’s Notes