Upon The Tree-Tops

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IV. THE WITCHING WREN                                               72
      Winter Wren. _Troglodytes hiemalis._
      Chipping Sparrow. _Spizella socialis._

  V. WHIMSICAL WAYS IN BIRD-LAND                                      88
      Yellow-breasted Chat. Icteria virens.

  VI. THE "BIRD OF THE MUSICAL WING"                                 103
      Ruby-throated Hummingbird. _Trochilus colubris._

  VII. MY LADY IN GREEN                                              121
      Ruby-throated Hummingbird. _Trochilus colubris._

  VIII. YOUNG AMERICA IN FEATHERS                                    141
      Maryland Yellow-throat. _Geothlypis trichus._
      Thrasher. _Harporhynchus rufus._
      Baltimore Oriole. _Icterus galbula._
      Catbird. _Galeoscoptes Carolinensis._
      Red-eyed Vireo. _Vireo olivaceus._
      American Crow. _Corvus Americanus._
      Wilson's Thrush. _Turdus fuscescens._
      Towhee Bunting. _Pipilo erythrophthalmus._

  IX. DOWN THE MEADOW                                                163
      Golden-winged Woodpecker. _Colaptes auratus._
      Red-winged Blackbird. _Agelaius ph[oe]nicens._
      Bluebird. _Sialia sialis._
      Vesper Sparrow. _Poocaëtes gramineus._
      Eave Swallow. _Petrochelidon lunifrons._
      Tree Swallow. _Tachycineta bicolor._

  X. IN A COLORADO NOOK                                              177
      Summer Yellow-bird. _Dendroica æstiva._
      Western Chewink. _Pipilo maculatus articus._
      Arkansas Goldfinch. _Spinus psaltria._
      Maryland Yellow-throat. _Geothlypis trichus._
      House Wren. _Troglodytes ædon._
      Red-shafted Flicker. _Colaptes cafer._
      Western Meadow Lark. _Sturnella magna neglecta._

  XI. THE IDYL OF AN EMPTY LOT                                       192
      Night Hawk. _Chordeiles virginianus._
      English Sparrow. _Passer domesticus._
      Thrasher. _Harporhynchus rufus._
      Junco. _Junco hyemalis._
      White-throat Sparrow. _Zonotrichia albicollis._
      Ruby-crowned Kinglet. _Regulus calendula._
      Hermit Thrush. _Turdus aonalaschkæ pallasii._


  IN THE BIRD-ROOM.

  XII. THE SOLITAIRE                                                 205
      Clarin. _Myadestes obscurus._
      Blue Jay. _Cyanocitta cristata._
      Brazilian Cardinal.
      Mountain Whistler. _Siffleur montagne._
      Trembleur.
      Townsend's Fly-catching Thrush. _Myadestes
        Townsendii._

  XIII. INCOMPATIBILITY IN THE ORIOLE FAMILY                         227
      Orchard Oriole. _Icterus spurious._
      Baltimore Oriole. _Icterus galbula._




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


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  THE SHRIKE.

      _The tug of war_ (page 38)                           Frontispiece.

  THE HERMIT THRUSH.

      _Singing his way down to us_                                     8

  THE SHRIKE.

      _Babies in gray_                                                36

  THE WINTER WREN.