[Gutenberg 62793] • Gray Lady and the Birds · Stories of the Bird Year for Home and School by Wright, Mabel Osgood -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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TO THE CHILDREN BE SURE THAT YOU SEE ARIGHT! RECOGNITION TO THE GROWN-UP—LEND A HAND! TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS I GRAY LADY APPEARS II A RAINY DAY III GRAY LADY AT SCHOOL

The Bird A LITTLE MINISTER The Bird Year and the Migration

THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRDS

The Fall Migration The Moulting

IV THE ORCHARD PARTY V REASONS WHY

THE USES OF BIRDS WARNING! WHAT THE LAW OF YOUR STATE SAYS ABOUT SONG-BIRDS CRUELTY TO WILD ANIMALS HOW WE CAN PROTECT BIRDS HOUSING AND FEEDING A SUGGESTION FOR THE LUNCH-COUNTER AN ADIRONDACK LUNCH-COUNTER MATILDA ANN

VI FEATHERS AND HATS

The White Heron The Ostrich

VII THE KIND HEARTS’ CLUB VIII THE PROCESSION PASSES

THE SWALLOWS

IX TWO BIRDS THAT CAME BACK

ENGLISH STARLING

X SOME MISCHIEF-MAKERS

THE CROW The Blue Jay O JAY! THE WISE OLD CROW

XI THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRD

The Travels of Birds Causes of the Migrations How do Birds find their Way? Accidents during Migration Distance of Migration Routes of Migration The Bobolink Route The Unknown

XII SOME SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS

Owls and Hawks THE SCREECH OWL’S VALENTINE THE EARLY OWL THREE USEFUL HAWKS

XIII TREE-TRUNK BIRDS

TO A NUTHATCH THE LITTLE BROWN CREEPER THE SAPSUCKER MR. FLICKER WRITES A LETTER

XIV FOUR NOTABLES

BOB-WHITE PARTRIDGES (Ruffed Grouse) THE RUFFED GROUSE THE WOODCOCK’S WOOING

XV GAME-BIRDS?

The Mourning Dove THE SANDPIPER THE O’LINCOLN FAMILY

XVI TREASURE-TROVE AT THE SHORE

The Herring or Harbour Gull

XVII THE BIRDS’ CHRISTMAS TREE XVIII HOW THEY SPENT THEIR MONEY XIX BEHIND THE BARS

Mockingbird, Cardinal, Indigo-bird, and Nonpareil The Mockingbird The Cardinal The Indigo-bird Painted Bunting or Nonpareil THE CARDINAL AT THE HUB IN CAPTIVITY

XX MIDWINTER BIRDS

WINTER COMRADES THE SNOWBIRD ON HEARING A WINTER WREN SING IN WINTER THE CHICKADEE BIRD SONGS OF MEMORY

XXI JACOB HUGHES’ OPINION OF CATS XXII FEBRUARY, “THE LONG-SHORT MONTH”

Bluebird, Song Sparrow, Robin BLUEBIRDS’ GREETING THE SONG SPARROW THE SONG SPARROW ROBIN REJOICE ROBIN’S MATE

XXIII MARCH

Red-wings and Pussy-willows MARCH THE KINGFISHER

XXIV THE TIDE HAS TURNED

THE MASQUERADING CHICKADEE WILD GEESE Nest-Building THE NEST OUT OF THE SOUTH WHAT TO EXPECT THE VESPER-SPARROW WINGED MYSTERIES THE WOOD THRUSH AND THE WHIP-POOR-WILL A NIGHTHAWK INCIDENT TO A CHIMNEY SWIFT THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD THE HUMMING-BIRD THE WOOD THRUSH MOCKERS AND THRUSHES THE INCREDULOUS VEERY THE BROWN THRASHER THE CATBIRD

XXV BIRD AND ARBOUR DAY AT FOXES CORNERS

BIRDS IN SPRING THE BIRDS AND I THE BIRDS AND THE TREES THE BIRDS AND THE HOURS

XXVI SOME BIRDS THAT COME IN MAY

RED-EYED VIREO THREE LISPERS AND A VENTRILOQUIST The Summer Yellowbird Maryland Yellowthroat THE MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT Singers in Costume THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE A GOLDFINCH IDYL A TALKING ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. A SONG OF THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK

XXVII FLAG DAY

HYMN OF THE FLAG

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