Stories of Birds
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Compiled From: Mother Nature’s Children, by Allen Walton Gould, Boston: Ginn & Company, (1900). Our Feathered Friends, by Elizabeth Grinnell and Joseph Grinnell, Boston: D.C. Heath and Co., Publishers, (1898). True Bird Stories, by Olive Thorne Miller, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, (1903). Memory Gems for Children, by Jessie Carr Tyndall, Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, (1912).
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Table 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 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
The Goldfinch’s Fun ..............................................................239 The Comical Chewink ...........................................................246 Polly’s Pranks .........................................................................253 Polly’s Outing.........................................................................259 The Golden Goose .................................................................265 The Saucy Oriole ...................................................................271 Antics in the Bird Room ........................................................278 Blizzards .................................................................................281 Three Sparrows that Live in a House ....................................289 Doctor Dot.............................................................................294 Birds Out of Doors ............................................................... 301 My First Bird ..........................................................................303 The Thrushes Who Lived in the City ....................................307 Barn Swallows in a Frolic .......................................................311 How the Dog Interfered .........................................................315 Upper and Lower Story in the Bird World .............................318 The Lost Baby ........................................................................321 How the Crow Baby was Punished ........................................325 A Jay’s Table Manners ...........................................................327 Friendly Wild Robins .............................................................329 The Droll Mockingbird ..........................................................332 A Sociable Baby Dove ...........................................................337 The Ducklings Who Would Not Give Up .............................340 Birds and Dolls .......................................................................343
Bird Poems .............................................................345
Selections from
Mother Nature’s Children by Allen Walton Gould
How the Birds Cradle their Babies
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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How Babies are Cradled in Clay and Wood
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Stories of Birds
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Mother Nature’s Children
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How the Birds Tend their Babies
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Stories of Birds
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Stories of Birds
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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How Mother Nature Sets the Table for Birds
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Stories of Birds
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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How Mother Nature Clothes the Birds
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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How Birds Learn to Fly
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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How Men and Birds Lay Up Food
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Mother Nature’s Children
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Our Feathered Friends
Introduction
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
Our Feathered Friends Chapter I
The Message of a Mocking Bird
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Chapter II
Some People We Like to Know
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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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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter V
How Madam Bird Combs Her Hair
Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter VI
What Birds Carry in their Pockets
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter VII
Child Birds
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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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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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter X
Seed-Eaters and Meat-Eaters
Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XI
Some Birds with a Bad Name
Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XII
Before Breakfast
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XIII
Our Birds’ Restaurant. — Meals at all Hours
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XIV
Umbrellas and Other Things
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XV
Cradle Making
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XVI
Our Screech Owl
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XVII
Birds at Work and Play
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XVIII
Some Other Birds at Work
Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XIX
A Pet Humming-Bird
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XX
How We Took the Humming-Birds’ Pictures
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XXI
Our Robin Redbreast
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XXII
More About Our Robin
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XXIII
Going to Bed and Getting Up
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XXIV
Mrs. Towhee Proposes a Garden Party
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XXV
At the Garden Party
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XXVI
Our Bird Hospital
Our Feathered Friends
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Chapter XXVII
A Splendid Collection
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Our Feathered Friends
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True Bird Stories
Preface
n the Bird Room
True Bird Stories The Bird Room
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Stories of Birds
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True Bird Stories
201
The Gold Finches
202
True Bird Stories
203
Stories of Birds
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The Goldfinch’s Fright
205
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True Bird Stories
207
The Bird That Would Not Be Free
208
True Bird Stories
209
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True Bird Stories
211
The Busy Blue Jay I
212
True Bird Stories
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True Bird Stories
II
215
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True Bird Stories
217
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The Droll Tanager
219
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True Bird Stories
221
The Goldfinch’s Devotion
222
True Bird Stories
223
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A Madcap Thrush I
225
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True Bird Stories
II
227
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228
True Bird Stories
229
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The Baby Robin I
231
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True Bird Stories
233
Stories of Birds
II
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True Bird Stories
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True Bird Stories
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The Goldfinch’s Fun I
239
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True Bird Stories
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Stories of Birds
II
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True Bird Stories
243
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True Bird Stories
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The Comical Chewink I
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True Bird Stories
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True Bird Stories
II
249
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True Bird Stories
251
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Polly’s Pranks I
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True Bird Stories
II
255
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True Bird Stories
257
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Polly’s Outing I
259
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True Bird Stories
261
Stories of Birds
II
262
True Bird Stories
263
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The Golden Goose I
265
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True Bird Stories
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Stories of Birds
II
268
True Bird Stories
269
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The Saucy Oriole I
271
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True Bird Stories
273
Stories of Birds
II
274
True Bird Stories
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True Bird Stories
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Antics in the Bird Room
278
True Bird Stories
279
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Blizzards I
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True Bird Stories
283
Stories of Birds
II
284
True Bird Stories
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True Bird Stories
287
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Three Sparrows that Live in a House I
289
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True Bird Stories
291
Stories of Birds
II
292
True Bird Stories
293
Doctor Dot I
294
True Bird Stories
295
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True Bird Stories
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True Bird Stories
299
Birds Out of Doors
My First Bird
303
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True Bird Stories
305
Stories of Birds
306
The Thrushes Who Lived in the City
307
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308
True Bird Stories
309
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Barn Swallows in a Frolic
311
Stories of Birds
312
True Bird Stories
313
Stories of Birds
314
How the Dog Interfered
315
Stories of Birds
316
True Bird Stories
317
Upper and Lower Story in the Bird World
318
True Bird Stories
319
Stories of Birds
320
The Lost Baby
321
Stories of Birds
322
True Bird Stories
323
Stories of Birds
324
How the Crow Baby was Punished
325
Stories of Birds
326
A Jay’s Table Manners
327
Stories of Birds
328
Friendly Wild Robins
329
Stories of Birds
330
True Bird Stories
331
The Droll Mockingbird
332
True Bird Stories
333
Stories of Birds
334
True Bird Stories
335
Stories of Birds
336
A Sociable Baby Dove
337
Stories of Birds
338
True Bird Stories
339
The Ducklings Who Would Not Give Up
340
True Bird Stories
341
Stories of Birds
342
Birds and Dolls
343
Stories of Birds
344
Bird Poems
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347
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