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Birds Every Child Should Know;

by Neltje Blanchan

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Author
Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918
Title
Birds Every Child Should Know
Credits
Produced by Don Kostuch
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Birds -- Juvenile literature
Category
Text
eBook-No.
38233
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38233
Release Date
December 6, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.BIRDS Every Child Should Know by Neltje Blanchan — BIRDS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW — BIRDS THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW BY NELTJE BLANCHAN — PREFACE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER I OUR ROBIN GOODFELLOW AND HIS RELATIONS:
  2. 2.THE AMERICAN ROBIN Called also: Red-breasted Thrush; Migratory Thrush; Robin Redbreast
  3. 3.THE BLUEBIRD
  4. 4.THE WOOD THRUSH Called also: Song Thrush; Wood Robin; Bell Bird
  5. 5.WILSON'S THRUSH — CHAPTER II SOME NEIGHBOURLY ACROBATS
  6. 6.THE CHICKADEE Called also: Black-capped Titmouse
  7. 7.TUFTED TITMOUSE Called also: Peto Bird; Crested Tomtit; Crested Titmouse
  8. 8.WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH Called also: Tree Mouse; Devil Downhead.
  9. 9.RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET — CHAPTER III A GROUP OF LIVELY SINGERS
  10. 10.THE HOUSE WREN
  11. 11.THE CAROLINA WREN
  12. 12.THE MARSH WREN
  13. 13.THE BROWN THRASHER Called also: Brown Thrush; Long Thrush; Ground Thrush; Red Thrush; French Mocking-bird; Mavis.
  14. 14.THE CATBIRD
  15. 15.THE MOCKINGBIRD — CHAPTER IV THE WARBLERS
  16. 16.YELLOW WARBLER Called also: Summer Yellowbird; Wild Canary.
  17. 17.BLACK AND WHITE CREEPING WARBLER
  18. 18.OVEN-BIRD Called also: The Teacher; Golden-crowned Thrush; The Accentor.
  19. 19.MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT Called also: Black-masked Ground Warbler
  20. 20.THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
  21. 21.THE REDSTART — CHAPTER V THE VIREOS: ANOTHER STRICTLY AMERICAN FAMILY
  22. 22.THE VIREOS
  23. 23.THE RED-EYED VIREO
  24. 24.THE WHITE-EYED VIREO
  25. 25.THE YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
  26. 26.THE WARBLING VIREO — CHAPTER VI BIRDS NOT OF A FEATHER
  27. 27.THE BUTCHER-BIRDS OR SHRIKES
  28. 28.THE CEDAR WAXWING Called also: Cedarbird; Cherry-bird; Bonnet bird, Silk-tail.
  29. 29.THE SCARLET TANAGER Called also: Black-winged Redbird — CHAPTER VII THE SWALLOWS
  30. 30.THE SWALLOWS
  31. 31.THE PURPLE MARTIN
  32. 32.THE BARN SWALLOW
  33. 33.THE EAVE OR CLIFF SWALLOW
  34. 34.THE BANK SWALLOW Called also: Sand Martin; Sand Swallow
  35. 35.THE TREE SWALLOW Called also: White-breasted Swallow — CHAPTER VIII THE SPARROW TRIBE
  36. 36.THE SPARROW TRIBE
  37. 37.THE SONG SPARROW
  38. 38.SWAMP SPARROW
  39. 39.FIELD SPARROW
  40. 40.VESPER SPARROW
  41. 41.ENGLISH SPARROW
  42. 42.CHIPPING SPARROW Called also: Chippy; Door-step Sparrow; Hair Sparrow.
  43. 43.TREE SPARROW Called also: Winter Chippy
  44. 44.WHITE-THROATED SPARROW Called also: Peabody-bird; Canada Sparrow
  45. 45.FOX SPARROW
  46. 46.JUNCO Called also: Slate-coloured Snow-bird
  47. 47.SNOWFLAKE
  48. 48.AMERICAN GOLDFINCH Called also: Black-winged Yellow-bird; Thistle Bird; Lettuce Bird; Wild Canary.
  49. 49.PURPLE FINCH Called also: Linnet
  50. 50.INDIGO BUNTING Called also: Indigo-bird.
  51. 51.TOWHEE Called also: Chewink; Ground Robin; Joree
  52. 52.RED-BREASTED GROSBEAK
  53. 53.CARDINAL GROSBEAK Called also: Crested Redbird: Virginia Nightingale. — CHAPTER IX THE ILL-ASSORTED BLACKBIRD FAMILY
  54. 54.BOBOLINK Called also: Reedbird; Ricebird; Ortolan; Maybird
  55. 55.COWBIRD
  56. 56.RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Called also: Swamp Blackbird
  57. 57.RUSTY BLACKBIRD Called also: Thrush Blackbird
  58. 58.MEADOWLARK Called also: Old-field Lark; Meadow Starling
  59. 59.ORCHARD ORIOLE
  60. 60.BALTIMORE ORIOLE Called also: Firebird; Golden Robin; Hang-nest; Golden Oriole
  61. 61.THE PURPLE AND THE BRONZED GRACKLES Called also: Crow Blackbirds — CHAPTER X RASCALS WE MUST ADMIRE
  62. 62.AMERICAN CROW
  63. 63.BLUE JAY
  64. 64.CANADA JAY Called also: Whiskey Jack; Moose-bird; Meat-bird — CHAPTER XI THE FLYCATCHERS
  65. 65.THE FLYCATCHERS
  66. 66.KINGBIRD Called also: Bee Martin
  67. 67.CRESTED FLYCATCHER
  68. 68.PHOEBE Called also: Bridge Pewee; Dusky Flycatcher; Water Pewee
  69. 69.WOOD PEWEE
  70. 70.LEAST FLYCATCHER Called also: Chebec — CHAPTER XII SOME QUEER RELATIONS
  71. 71.WHIP-POOR-WILL
  72. 72.NIGHTHAWK Called also: Bull-bat; Night-jar; Mosquito-hawk
  73. 73.CHIMNEY SWIFT
  74. 74.RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD — CHAPTER XIII NON-UNION CARPENTERS
  75. 75.OUR FIVE COMMON WOODPECKERS
  76. 76.DOWNY WOODPECKER
  77. 77.HAIRY WOODPECKER
  78. 78.YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
  79. 79.RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
  80. 80.FLICKER Called also: High-hole; Clape; Golden-winged Woodpecker; Yellow-hammer; Yucker. — CHAPTER XIV CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER
  81. 81.YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO Called also: Rain Crow
  82. 82.BELTED KINGFISHER Called also: The Halcyon — CHAPTER XV DAY AND NIGHT ALLIES OF THE FARMER
  83. 83.TURKEY VULTURE Called also: Turkey Buzzard
  84. 84.RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Called also: Hen Hawk; Chicken Hawk; Winter Hawk
  85. 85.RED-TAILED HAWK Called also: Hen Hawk; Chicken Hawk; Red Hawk
  86. 86.COOPER'S HAWK Called also: Chicken Hawk; Big Blue Darter
  87. 87.BALD EAGLE
  88. 88.AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK Called also: Killy Hawk; Rusty-crowned Falcon; Mouse Hawk.
  89. 89.AMERICAN OSPREY Called also: Fish Hawk
  90. 90.OWLS
  91. 91.BARN OWL Called also: Monkey-faced Owl
  92. 92.SHORT-EARED OWL Called also: Marsh Owl; Meadow Owl
  93. 93.BARRED OWL Called also: Hoot Owl
  94. 94.SCREECH OWLS — CHAPTER XVI MOURNER, WHISTLER, AND DRUMMER
  95. 95.MOURNING DOVE Called also: Carolina Dove
  96. 96.BOB-WHITE Called Also: "Quail-on-Toast"; Partridge
  97. 97.RUFFED GROUSE Called also: Partridge — CHAPTER XVII BIRDS OF THE SHORE AND MARSHES
  98. 98.KILLDEER
  99. 99.SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
  100. 100.LEAST SANDPIPER
  101. 101.SPOTTED SANDPIPER
  102. 102.WOODCOCK Called also: Blind, Wall-eyed, Mud, Bigheaded, Wood, and Whistling Snipe; Bog-sucker; Bogbird; Timber Doodle.
  103. 103.RAILS
  104. 104.GREAT BLUE HERON
  105. 105.LITTLE GREEN HERON Called also: Poke; Chuckle-head
  106. 106.BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Called also: Quawk; Qua Bird
  107. 107.AMERICAN BITTERN Called also: Stake-driver; Poke; Freckled Heron; Booming Bittern; Indian Hen. — CHAPTER XVIII THE FASTEST FLYERS
  108. 108.CANADA GOOSE
  109. 109.WILD DUCKS
  110. 110.HERRING GULL Called also: Winter Gull — INDEX

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