Tales of the birds

Previous

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

A WINTER'S TALE.

OUT OF TUNE.

A JUBILEE SPARROW.

THE FALCON'S NEST.

A DEBATE IN AN ORCHARD.

A TRAGEDY IN ROOK-LIFE

A QUESTION BEGINNING WITH "WHY."

THE LIGHTHOUSE.

THE OWLS' REVENGE. (A TALE OF BIRDS AND MEN.) I.

Contents.
List of Illustrations.
(In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking on this symbol , or directly on the image, will bring up a larger version of the illustration.)

(etext transcriber's note)

TALES OF THE BIRDS

colophon

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE


THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO
ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO


THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO



... And stood there, proud and fierce, one foot still grasping its victim.—P. 92. Front.

... And stood there, proud and fierce, one foot still grasping its victim.—P. 92.
Front.

TALES   OF   THE   BIRDS

BY
W. WARDE FOWLER
AUTHOR OF “A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS.”

“Μετἀ δἐ χρόνον την πελειάδα ἀνθρωηίη
φωνή αὐδάξασθαι λέγουσι.”
Herodotus

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRYAN HOOK

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1909

Richard Clay and Sons, Limited.
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

First Edition., 1888.
Second Edition, 1889. Reprinted, 1891, 1899, 1909.
School Edition, 1901. Reprinted, 1903 (twice).



TO

G. J. E.

IN MEMORY OF PLEASANT DAYS

IN THE SUNNY SUMMER

OF 1887.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Clyx.com


Top of Page
Top of Page