The Children's Book of Birds

CONTENTS

FIRST BOOK
I.	What you want to know	1
II.	When they come in the Spring	3
THE NESTLING
III.	The Bird's Home	9
IV.	The Baby Bird	13
V.	How he is fed	17
VI.	His First Suit	21
VII.	How he changes his Clothes	25
VIII.	His First Flight	29
IX.	His Education	33
X.	Some of his Lessons	37
THE BIRD GROWN UP
XI.	The Bird's Language	43
XII.	What he eats	48
XIII.	More about his Food	52
XIV.	Where he sleeps	57
XV.	His Travels	61
XVI.	His Winter Home	66
XVII.	His Family and Friends	70
XVIII.	His Kindness to others	74
XIX.	His Affections	78
XX.	His Intelligence	83
HOW HE IS MADE
XXI.	His Body	91
XXII.	His Beak and Tongue	95
XXIII.	His Eyes and Ears	100
XXIV.	His Feet and Legs	105
XXV.	His Wings and Tail	109
XXVI.	His Dress	114
XXVII.	Different colored Suits	118
HIS RELATIONS WITH US
XXVIII.	How he works for us	125
XXIX.	How to attract him about our homes	131
XXX.	How to study him	136
SECOND BOOK
I.	What is a Bird Family?	1
II.	The Thrush Family	5
	American Robin	6
	Hermit Thrush	11
III.	The Kinglet and Gnatcatcher Family	170
	Belted Kingfisher	170
XXXI.	The Cuckoo Family	174
	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	174
XXXII.	The Owl Family	178
	Screech Owl	180
	Burrowing Owl	182
XXXIII.	The Barn Owl Family	185
	American Barn Owl	185
XXXIV.	The Hawk and Eagle Family	188
	American Sparrow Hawk	189
	American Osprey, or Fish Hawk	190
	Bald Eagle	192
XXXV.	The Scavenger Family	194
	Turkey Vulture	194
Appendix
	Characters of the North American Representatives of the
	Families mentioned in this Book	197
Index		205

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