Feeding the Orphans vi Chickadee 26 Snowy Heron 66 Clipping Ostrich Plumes 74 Purple Martin 96 Bird-houses and Nesting-boxes 106 Terns and Skimmers on the Wing 142 Golden Plover 148 The Wings in Flight 152 Red-shouldered Hawk 154 Screech Owl 158 Barn Owl 166 Short-eared Owl 168 Marsh Hawk 170 Sparrow Hawk 174 White-breasted Nuthatch 178 Flicker 190 Downy Woodpecker 194 Ruffed Grouse 198 Just Out 200 Domesticated Bob-white Calling 202 Grouse showing Ruff and Tail 206 Woodcock on Nest 212 Meadowlark 218 Mourning Doves 220 Spotted Sandpiper 222 Least Sandpiper 224 Herring Gulls 232 Tree-Sparrow 248 Shelter for Bird Food 250 Robin 326 Nighthawks 370 Chimney Swift Resting 374 Wood Thrush and Nest 378 Catbird on Nest 384 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 404 Red-eyed Vireo on Nest 406 GRAY LADY AND THE BIRDS I GRAY LADY APPEARS Sarah Barnes hurried up the hill road so fast that by the time she reached the short bit of lane that turned in at her own gate she was quite out of breath, and oh, so warm! Fanning vigorously with her sun-hat did not help her much, for its wide rim had a rent in it, made by Jack, the family puppy, so that when she reached the steps of the porch, she sank down in a heap, only having breath enough to exclaim, “Oh, grandma, what _do_ you think?”