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Mabel Osgood Wright. Gray Lady and the Birds: Stories of the Bird Year for Home and School
Gray Lady and the Birds: Stories of the Bird Year for Home and School
Table of Contents
I. GRAY LADY APPEARS
II. A RAINY DAY
III. GRAY LADY AT SCHOOL
The Bird
A LITTLE MINISTER
The Bird Year and the Migration
THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRDS
The Fall Migration
The Moulting
IV. THE ORCHARD PARTY
V. REASONS WHY
THE USES OF BIRDS
WARNING! WHAT THE LAW OF YOUR STATE SAYS ABOUT SONG-BIRDS
CRUELTY TO WILD ANIMALS
HOW WE CAN PROTECT BIRDS
HOUSING AND FEEDING
A SUGGESTION FOR THE LUNCH-COUNTER
AN ADIRONDACK LUNCH-COUNTER
MATILDA ANN
VI. FEATHERS AND HATS
The White Heron
The Ostrich
VII. THE KIND HEARTS’ CLUB
VIII. THE PROCESSION PASSES
THE SWALLOWS
IX. TWO BIRDS THAT CAME BACK
ENGLISH STARLING
X. SOME MISCHIEF-MAKERS
THE CROW
The Blue Jay
O JAY!
THE WISE OLD CROW
XI. THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRD
The Travels of Birds
Causes of the Migrations
How do Birds find their Way?
Accidents during Migration
Distance of Migration
Routes of Migration
The Bobolink Route
The Unknown
XII. SOME SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS
Owls and Hawks
THE SCREECH OWL’S VALENTINE
THE EARLY OWL
THREE USEFUL HAWKS
XIII. TREE-TRUNK BIRDS
TO A NUTHATCH
THE LITTLE BROWN CREEPER
THE SAPSUCKER
MR. FLICKER WRITES A LETTER
XIV. FOUR NOTABLES
BOB-WHITE
PARTRIDGES (Ruffed Grouse)
THE RUFFED GROUSE
THE WOODCOCK’S WOOING
XV. GAME-BIRDS?
The Mourning Dove
THE SANDPIPER
THE O’LINCOLN FAMILY
XVI. TREASURE-TROVE AT THE SHORE
The Herring or Harbour Gull
XVII. THE BIRDS’ CHRISTMAS TREE
XVIII. HOW THEY SPENT THEIR MONEY
XIX. BEHIND THE BARS
Mockingbird, Cardinal, Indigo-bird, and Nonpareil
The Mockingbird
The Cardinal
The Indigo-bird
Painted Bunting or Nonpareil
THE CARDINAL AT THE HUB
IN CAPTIVITY
XX. MIDWINTER BIRDS
WINTER COMRADES
THE SNOWBIRD
ON HEARING A WINTER WREN SING IN WINTER
THE CHICKADEE
BIRD SONGS OF MEMORY
XXI. JACOB HUGHES’ OPINION OF CATS
XXII. FEBRUARY, “THE LONG-SHORT MONTH”
Bluebird, Song Sparrow, Robin
BLUEBIRDS’ GREETING
THE SONG SPARROW
THE SONG SPARROW
ROBIN REJOICE
ROBIN’S MATE
XXIII. MARCH
Red-wings and Pussy-willows. MARCH
THE KINGFISHER
XXIV. THE TIDE HAS TURNED
THE MASQUERADING CHICKADEE
WILD GEESE
Nest-Building
THE NEST
OUT OF THE SOUTH
WHAT TO EXPECT
THE VESPER-SPARROW
WINGED MYSTERIES
THE WOOD THRUSH AND THE WHIP-POOR-WILL
A NIGHTHAWK INCIDENT
TO A CHIMNEY SWIFT
THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD
THE HUMMING-BIRD
THE WOOD THRUSH
MOCKERS AND THRUSHES
THE INCREDULOUS VEERY
THE BROWN THRASHER
THE CATBIRD
XXV. BIRD AND ARBOUR DAY AT FOXES CORNERS
BIRDS IN SPRING
THE BIRDS AND I
THE BIRDS AND THE TREES
THE BIRDS AND THE HOURS
XXVI. SOME BIRDS THAT COME IN MAY
RED-EYED VIREO
THREE LISPERS AND A VENTRILOQUIST
The Summer Yellowbird
Maryland Yellowthroat
THE MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT
Singers in Costume
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE
A GOLDFINCH IDYL
A TALKING ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
A SONG OF THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
XXVII. FLAG DAY
HYMN OF THE FLAG
