CHAPTER PAGE Introduction iii I. The Message of a Mocking-bird 1 II. Some People we like to Know 5 III. Civilized Birds 9 IV. How Birds Dress 13 V. How Madam Bird combs her Hair 18 VI. What Birds carry in their Pockets 22 VII. Child Birds 28 VIII. How Baby Birds are Fed 33 IX. At Meal-time 39 X. Seed-eaters and Meat-eaters 45 XI. Some Birds with a Bad Name 50 XII. Before Breakfast 57 XIII. Our Birds' Restaurant--Meals at All Hours 62 XIV. Umbrellas and Other Things 68 XV. Cradle Making 73 XVI. Our Screech Owl 78 XVII. Birds at Work and Play 83 XVIII. Some Other Birds at Work 89 XIX. A Pet Humming-bird 97 XX. How we took the Humming-birds' Pictures 100 XXI. Our Robin Redbreast 107 XXII. More about Our Robin 111 XXIII. Going to Bed and getting up 116 XXIV. Mrs. Towhee proposes a Garden Party 123 XXV. At the Garden Party 129 XXVI. Our Bird Hospital 137 XXVII. A Splendid Collection 141 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.