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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

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

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

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