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[Frontispiece: "He came quite close and stared at the little girl" (missing from book)]
STORIES OF BIRDS
By
Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
Illustrated by Sophie Schneider
Boston: L. C. Page and Company Publishers
PREFACE
CONTENTS
The Chickadee In the Snow Twenty Little Chickadees The Snowbird's Song How the Birds Got Their Feathers Chilly Little Chickadees All About the Chickadee
Robin Redbreast Merry Robin Redbreast The Robin's Red Breast Which Was the Wiser? All About the Robin
The Swallow Under the Eaves The Swallows All About the Barn Swallow
The Hawk and the Raven From the Barnyard Fence The First Hawk Origin of the Raven and the Macaw All About the Chicken-Hawk All About the Raven
The Kingfisher With the Water Watchman The Halcyon Birds All About the Kingfisher
The Red-Headed Woodpecker In Cap of Red A Legend of the Northland All About the Woodpecker
The Lark In the Meadow The Song of the Merry Lark Saved by a Lark All About the Meadow Lark
The Owl A Good-Night The Owl (Tennyson) The Owl Girl The Owl and the Raven The Owl (Shakespeare) All About the Barred or Hoot Owl
The Bobolink A Summer Song Robert of Lincoln All About the Bobolink or Rice-Bird
The Sea-Doves and the Great Blue Heron Beside the Sea Sea-Pigeons The Sandpiper The Circling of Cranes All About the Great Blue Heron or Blue Crane All About the Sea-Dove
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"He came quite close and stared at the little girl" (see page 4) . . . . . . Frontispiece
"By this time the robin was on the ground"
"'No robin or chickadee could build such nests as the swallow'"
"On a branch sat a bird. He was considerably larger than a robin"
"The owl only blinked his great eyes"
"'She is sitting on a nestful of light blue eggs'"
THE CHICKADEE OR SNOWBIRD
The Chickadee
IN THE SNOW
TWENTY LITTLE CHICKADEES
THE SNOWBIRD'S SONG[1]
HOW THE BIRDS GOT THEIR FEATHERS
(IROQUOIS MYTH)
CHILLY LITTLE CHICKADEES[1]
ALL ABOUT THE CHICKADEE
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS.
ROBIN REDBREAST
MERRY ROBIN REDBREAST
[Illustration: "By this time the robin was on the ground" (missing from book)]
THE ROBIN'S RED BREAST[1]
WHICH WAS THE WISER?[1]
ALL ABOUT THE ROBIN
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
THE SWALLOW
The Swallow
UNDER THE EAVES
"'No robin or chickadee could build such nests as the swallow'"
THE SWALLOWS
ALL ABOUT THE BARN SWALLOW
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
THE HAWK AND THE RAVEN
The Hawk
FROM THE BARNYARD FENCE
THE FIRST HAWK
ORIGIN OF THE RAVEN AND THE MACAW
(ZUNI CREATION MYTH)
ALL ABOUT THE CHICKEN-HAWK
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
ALL ABOUT THE RAVEN
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
THE KINGFISHER OR HALCYON BIRD
WITH THE WATER WATCHMAN
"On a branch sat a bird. He was considerably larger than a robin"
THE HALCYON BIRDS
ALL ABOUT THE KINGFISHER
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Woodpecker
IN CAP OF RED
A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND[1]
ALL ABOUT THE WOODPECKER
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
THE LARK
Larks
IN THE MEADOW
THE SONG OF THE MERRY LARK[1]
SAVED BY A LARK[1]
ALL ABOUT THE MEADOW LARK
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
THE OWL
The Owl
A GOOD-NIGHT
"The owl only blinked his great eyes"
THE OWL
THE OWL GIRL
THE OWL AND THE RAVEN[1]
THE OWL
ALL ABOUT THE BARRED OR HOOT OWL
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
THE BOBOLINK
The Bobolink
A SUMMER SONG
"'She is sitting on a nestful of light blue eggs'"
ROBERT OF LINCOLN
ALL ABOUT THE BOBOLINK OR RICEBIRD
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
THE SEA-DOVES AND THE GREAT BLUE HERON
Great Blue Heron
BESIDE THE SEA
SEA-PIGEONS
THE SANDPIPER[1]
THE CIRCLING OF CRANES
ALL ABOUT THE GREAT BLUE HERON OR BLUE CRANE
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
ALL ABOUT THE SEA-DOVE
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
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