Bird Day, How to Prepare for It
by Charles Almanzo Babcock
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About this eBook
- Author
- Babcock, Charles Almanzo, 1847-1922
- Title
- Bird Day; How to prepare for it
- Credits
- Produced by Bryan Ness, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Birds -- Juvenile and popular literature
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21266
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21266
- Release Date
- April 30, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.BIRD DAY HOW TO PREPARE FOR IT — BY
- 2.CHARLES A. BABCOCK, A.M., LL.B. — Superintendent of Schools, Oil City, Pennsylvania — SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY — New York Boston Chicago — Copyright, 1901, By Silver, Burdett and Company — THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED — TO THE LOVERS OF CHILDREN — AND OF BIRDS
- 3.AUTHOR'S NOTE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.PART I — BIRD DAY. HOW TO PREPARE FOR IT
- 6.BIRD DAY — HOW TO PREPARE FOR IT
- 7.I — HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT FOR "BIRD DAY"
- 8.II — THE VALUE OF BIRDS
- 9.III — THE DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS
- 10.IV — PLAN OF STUDY
- 11.V — FURTHER SUGGESTIONS
- 12.VI — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITTEN WORK
- 13.VII — PROGRAMS FOR BIRD DAY
- 14.VIII — THE POETS AND THE BIRDS
- 15.IX — OBJECTS AND RESULTS OF BIRD DAY
- 16.PART II — NOTES ON REPRESENTATIVE BIRDS — KINGBIRD ( Tyrannus tyrannus ) — Called also Bee Bird, Bee Martin, and Tyrant Flycatcher — FLICKER ( Colaptes auratus ) — Called also Yellow-hammer, Pigeon Woodpecker, Hittock, and Yucker — RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ( Melanerpes erythrocephalus ) — BLUE JAY ( Cyanocitta cristata ) — BOBOLINK ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus ) — Called also Ricebird, Reedbird, and Boblincoln — RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD ( Agelaius phœniceus ) — Called also American Redwing, Marsh Blackbird, and Swamp Blackbird — MEADOW LARK ( Sturnella magna ) — Called also Field Lark — BALTIMORE ORIOLE ( Icterus galbula ) — Called also Golden Robin, Firebird, and Hangbird — SONG SPARROW ( Melospiza fasciata ) — GOLDFINCH ( Spinus tristis ) — Called also Yellowbird, Thistle-bird, and Wild Canary — ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK ( Habia Ludoviciana ) — CEDAR BIRD ( Ampelis cedrorum ) — BROWN THRUSH ( Harporhynchus rufus ) — Called also Brown Thrasher — CHICKADEE ( Parus atricapillus ) — Called also Blackcap Titmouse — CATBIRD ( Galeoscoptes Carolinensis ) — BLUEBIRD ( Sialia sialis )
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