NOTE.

CONTENTS.

I. WAYSIDE RAMBLES.

II. BIRD CURIOS.

III. WINTER FROLICS.

IV. FEBRUARY OUTINGS.

V. ARRIVAL OF THE BIRDS.

VI. WINGED VOYAGERS.

VII. PLUMAGE OF YOUNG BIRDS.

VIII. NEST-HUNTING.

IX. MIDSUMMER MELODIES.

X. WHERE BIRDS ROOST.

XI. THE WOOD-PEWEE. A MONOGRAPH.

XII. A PAIR OF NIGHT-HAWKS.

XIII. A BIRDS' GALA-DAY.

XIV. RIFE WITH BIRDS. A JAUNT TO A NEW FIELD.

XV. VARIOUS PHASES OF BIRD LIFE. [7] I. BIRD COURTSHIP.

XVI. THE SECRET OF APPRECIATION.

XVII. BROWSINGS IN OTHER FIELDS.

XVIII. A BIRD ANTHOLOGY FROM LOWELL. [9]

APPENDIX. MY BIRD LIST.

FOOTNOTES.

INDEX.

LAUREL-CROWNED LETTERS.

LAUREL-CROWNED VERSE. Edited by FRANCIS F. BROWNE.

Transcriber's Notes

BY
LEANDER S. KEYSER

Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Forbearance

Teach me half the gladness
That thy brain must know,
Such harmonious madness
From my lips would flow
The world should listen then, as I am listening now!
Percy B. Shelley: To a Skylark

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG AND COMPANY
1894