Stories of Birds

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Stories of Birds

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Memory Gems for Children, by Jessie Carr Tyndall, Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, (1912).

True Bird Stories, by Olive Thorne Miller, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, (1903).

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Stories of Birds

Our Feathered Friends, by Elizabeth Grinnell and Joseph Grinnell, Boston: D.C. Heath and Co., Publishers, (1898).

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Mother Nature’s Children, by Allen Walton Gould, Boston: Ginn & Company, (1900).

of Contents Mother Nature’s Children ..........................................1 How the Birds Cradle their Babies ........................................... 3 How Babies are Cradled in Clay and Wood ........................... 12 How the Birds Tend their Babies ........................................... 16 How Mother Nature Sets the Table for Birds ........................ 24 How Mother Nature Clothes the Birds .................................. 32 How Birds Learn to Fly .......................................................... 39 How Men and Birds Lay Up Food .......................................... 44 Our Feathered Friends..............................................53 Introduction............................................................................ 55 The Message of a Mocking Bird ............................................. 60 Some People We Like to Know.............................................. 63 Civilized Birds......................................................................... 67 How Birds Dress..................................................................... 71 How Madam Bird Combs Her Hair........................................ 76 What Birds Carry in their Pockets ......................................... 80 Child Birds.............................................................................. 85 How Baby Birds are Fed ......................................................... 90 At Meal-Time ......................................................................... 95 Seed-Eaters and Meat-Eaters ................................................100 Some Birds with a Bad Name...............................................104 Before Breakfast ...................................................................109 Our Birds’ Restaurant. Meals at all Hours.......................114 Umbrellas and Other Things ................................................119

Table

Table of Contents Continued Cradle Making ......................................................................125 Our Screech Owl ..................................................................130 Birds at Work and Play.........................................................135 Some Other Birds at Work ...................................................140 A Pet Humming-Bird............................................................147 How We Took the Humming-Birds’ Pictures ......................151 Our Robin Redbreast............................................................159 More About Our Robin ........................................................164 Going to Bed and Getting Up ...............................................170 Mrs. Towhee Proposes a Garden Party.................................176 At the Garden Party..............................................................181 Our Bird Hospital .................................................................188 A Splendid Collection...........................................................191 True Bird Stories ................................................... 195 Preface ..................................................................................196 n the Bird Room..................................................................197 The Bird Room ......................................................................199 The Gold Finches ..................................................................202 The Goldfinch’s Fright...........................................................205 The Bird That Would Not Be Free........................................208 The Busy Blue Jay..................................................................212 The Droll Tanager.................................................................219 The Goldfinch’s Devotion .....................................................222 A Madcap Thrush .................................................................225 The Baby Robin .....................................................................231

A

Doctor

How the

Out of Doors ...............................................................301

in the Bird Room........................................................278

Lost Baby........................................................................321

Golden Goose.................................................................265

Oriole...................................................................271

Polly’s

Swallows in a Frolic.......................................................311

The Goldfinch’s

How the

Birds

Upper

Dog Interfered.........................................................315

The

Crow Baby was Punished ........................................325

Wild Robins .............................................................329

Droll Mockingbird..........................................................332

Dot.............................................................................294

Birds

Bird

and Lower Story in the Bird World.............................318

Blizzards

Friendly

Outing.........................................................................259

Polly’s

The

Antics

Poems .............................................................345

Fun ..............................................................239

Comical Chewink...........................................................246

The

A Jay’s

Ducklings Who Would Not Give Up.............................340

The

My

Sociable Baby Dove ...........................................................337

The Saucy

that Live in a House ....................................289

The Thrushes

Who Lived in the City....................................307

First Bird ..........................................................................303

.................................................................................281

and Dolls.......................................................................343

Pranks .........................................................................253

Barn

Table Manners...........................................................327

Three Sparrows

The

by Allen Walton Gould

Selections from Mother Nature’s Children

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How the Birds Cradle their Babies

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How Babies are Cradled in Clay and Wood

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How the Birds Tend their Babies

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How Mother Nature Sets the Table for Birds

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How Mother Nature Clothes the Birds

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Mother Nature’s Children

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How Birds Learn to Fly

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How Men and Birds Lay Up Food

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Our Feathered Friends

Introduction

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Stories of Birds

Our Feathered Friends

Our Feathered Friends Chapter I

The Message of a Mocking Bird

Our Feathered Friends

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Some People We Like to Know

Chapter II

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Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter III

Civilized Birds

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Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter IV How Birds Dress

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Our Feathered Friends

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How Madam Bird Combs Her Hair

Chapter V

Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter VI

What Birds Carry in their Pockets

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Chapter VII Child Birds

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Our Feathered Friends

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Our Feathered Friends

Chapter VIII

How Baby Birds are Fed

Our Feathered Friends

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Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter IX At Meal-Time

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Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter X

Seed-Eaters and Meat-Eaters

Our Feathered Friends 101

Stories of

102Birds

Our Feathered Friends

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Some Birds with a Bad Name

Chapter XI

Our Feathered Friends 105

106Birds

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Our Feathered Friends 107

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108Birds

Chapter XII Before Breakfast

110Birds

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Our Feathered Friends

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112Birds

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Chapter XIII

Our Birds’ Restaurant. Meals at all Hours

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Our Feathered Friends

116Birds

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Our Feathered Friends 117

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118Birds

Chapter XIV

Umbrellas and Other Things

Stories of

120Birds

Our Feathered Friends 121

122Birds

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Our Feathered Friends 123

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124Birds

Chapter XV Cradle Making

Stories of

126Birds

Our Feathered Friends 127

128Birds

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Our Feathered Friends

Chapter XVI

Our Screech Owl

Our Feathered Friends 131

Stories of

132Birds

Our Feathered Friends 133

134Birds

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Chapter XVII

Birds at Work and Play

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136Birds

Our Feathered Friends

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138Birds

Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter XVIII

Some Other Birds at Work

Our Feathered Friends 141

Stories of

142Birds

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Our Feathered Friends

144Birds

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Our Feathered Friends

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146Birds

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A Pet Humming-Bird

Chapter XIX

Stories of

148Birds

Our Feathered Friends

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150Birds

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Chapter XX

How We Took the Humming-Birds’ Pictures

152Birds

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Our Feathered Friends 153

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Our Feathered Friends 155

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Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter XXI

Our Robin Redbreast

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160Birds

Our Feathered Friends 161

162Birds

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Our Feathered Friends

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More About Our Robin

Chapter XXII

Our Feathered Friends 165

Stories of

166Birds

Our Feathered Friends 167

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168Birds

Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter XXIII

Going to Bed and Getting Up

Our Feathered Friends 171

172Birds

Stories of

Our Feathered Friends 173

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174Birds

Our Feathered Friends

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Chapter XXIV

Mrs. Towhee Proposes a Garden Party

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Our Feathered Friends

178Birds

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Our Feathered Friends

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180Birds

Chapter XXV

At the Garden Party

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182Birds

Our Feathered Friends 183

184Birds

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Our Feathered Friends 185

186Birds

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Our Feathered Friends 187

Chapter XXVI

Our Bird Hospital

189

Our Feathered Friends

Stories of

190Birds

Chapter XXVII

A Splendid Collection

Stories of

192Birds

Our Feathered Friends

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True Bird Stories

Preface

n the Bird Room

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True Bird Stories The Bird Room

200Birds

Stories of

201Stories

True Bird

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The Gold Finches

203Stories

True Bird

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204Birds

The Goldfinch’s Fright

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206Birds

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207Stories

True Bird

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The Bird That Would Not Be Free

True Bird209Stories

210Birds

Stories of

True Bird

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The Busy Blue Jay I

213Stories

True Bird

214Birds

Stories of

215Stories II

True Bird

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216Birds

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True Bird

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218Birds

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The Droll Tanager

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220Birds

True Bird

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