TABLE OF CONTENTS I Gray Lady Appears 1 II A Rainy Day—The school at Foxes Corners at 9 the beginning of the fall term. III Gray Lady at School—The bird. What is it? To 18 whom does it belong? The bird year—The migrations, the moulting, etc. IV The Orchard Party—The children’s luncheon and 38 the bird’s lunch-counter. Gray Lady makes a plan. V Reasons Why—Why birds need protection. The 51 uses of birds. What they do for us and what we should do for them—housing, feeding, etc. VI Feathers and Hats—Egrets and Ostrich 67 plumes—The wrong and the right of it. VII The Kind Hearts’ Club—The work that kept the 81 Fingers busy so that the Ears might listen. VIII The Procession Passes—The fall journey—Five 89 Swallows and a changeling. IX Two Birds that came Back—The Tame Crow and 102 the English Starling. X Some Mischief-Makers—The American Crow, Blue 114 Jay, and Purple Grackle. XI The Flight of the Bird—The wonders of flight. 136 Some new facts about the migrations of birds. XII Some Suspicious Characters—Hawks and Owls—Two 154 sides of the question. XIII Tree-trunk Birds—The Woodpeckers—Sapsucker, 175 Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, etc. XIV Four Notables—Game-birds at home—The Ruffed 197 Grouse, Bob-white, Woodcock, and the Wood Duck. XV Game-Birds?—The plea of the Meadowlark, 217 Mourning Dove, Sandpiper, Plovers, and Bobolink, the Masquerader. “Spare us, please! We are too small for food.” XVI Treasure-trove at the Shore—The Herring or 229 Harbour Gull. XVII The Birds’ Christmas Tree—The preparation and 242 a surprise. The Winter Wren, Tree-sparrow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Crossbills.