Chapter I: Front Matter

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.

XVIII
How they spent their Money—The result of the 254
Xmas sale and the Letter Carrier’s horse.

XIX
Behind the Bars—American birds that have been 270
prisoners.—The Mockingbird, Cardinal,
Nonpareil, and Indigo-bird.

XX
Midwinter Birds—Cedar-Bird, Redpoll, Junco, 293
Shrike, Whitethroat, Chickadee, etc.

XXI
Jacob Hughes’ Opinion of Cats—The trail in 303
the snow and the bandits that lived in the
barn.

XXII
February, “The Long-Short Month”—Stories and 310
poems of the Bluebird, Song Sparrow, and
Robin.

XXIII
March—Red-wing, Kingfisher, and Phœbe. 333

XXIV
The Tide has Turned—Wild Geese, 355
Nest-Building, Vesper-Sparrow, Purple
Finch, Chippy, Whip-poor-will, Towhee,
Ovenbird, House Wren, Thrasher, Catbird,
Wood Thrush, Veery, Nighthawk, Chimney
Swift, etc.

XXV
Bird and Arbour Day at Foxes Corners—In doors 385
and out—Working and talking.

XXVI
Some Birds that come in May—In apple-blossom 403
time look for the brightly coloured
birds—Oriole, Tanager, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Indigo-bird, Yellowthroat, Chat,
Humming-bird, Redstart, etc.