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Gray Lady and the Birds

Gray Lady and the Birds

by Mabel Osgood Wright

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Author
Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934
Title
Gray Lady and the Birds: Stories of the Bird Year for Home and School
Credits
Produced by Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at www.pgdpcanada.net
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Birds -- New England
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 62793
Release Date
July 31, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.TO THE CHILDREN — BE SURE THAT YOU SEE ARIGHT! — RECOGNITION — TO THE GROWN-UP—LEND A HAND! — TABLE OF CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — I GRAY LADY APPEARS — II A RAINY DAY — III GRAY LADY AT SCHOOL
  3. 3.The Bird
  4. 4.A LITTLE MINISTER
  5. 5.The Bird Year and the Migration — THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRDS
  6. 6.The Fall Migration
  7. 7.The Moulting — IV THE ORCHARD PARTY — V REASONS WHY
  8. 8.THE USES OF BIRDS
  9. 9.WARNING! WHAT THE LAW OF YOUR STATE SAYS ABOUT SONG-BIRDS
  10. 10.CRUELTY TO WILD ANIMALS
  11. 11.HOW WE CAN PROTECT BIRDS
  12. 12.HOUSING AND FEEDING
  13. 13.A SUGGESTION FOR THE LUNCH-COUNTER
  14. 14.AN ADIRONDACK LUNCH-COUNTER
  15. 15.MATILDA ANN — VI FEATHERS AND HATS
  16. 16.The White Heron
  17. 17.The Ostrich — VII THE KIND HEARTS’ CLUB — VIII THE PROCESSION PASSES
  18. 18.THE SWALLOWS — IX TWO BIRDS THAT CAME BACK
  19. 19.ENGLISH STARLING — X SOME MISCHIEF-MAKERS
  20. 20.THE CROW
  21. 21.The Blue Jay
  22. 22.O JAY!
  23. 23.THE WISE OLD CROW — XI THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRD
  24. 24.The Travels of Birds
  25. 25.Causes of the Migrations
  26. 26.How do Birds find their Way?
  27. 27.Accidents during Migration
  28. 28.Distance of Migration
  29. 29.Routes of Migration
  30. 30.The Bobolink Route
  31. 31.The Unknown — XII SOME SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS
  32. 32.Owls and Hawks
  33. 33.THE SCREECH OWL’S VALENTINE
  34. 34.THE EARLY OWL
  35. 35.THREE USEFUL HAWKS — XIII TREE-TRUNK BIRDS
  36. 36.TO A NUTHATCH
  37. 37.THE LITTLE BROWN CREEPER
  38. 38.THE SAPSUCKER
  39. 39.MR. FLICKER WRITES A LETTER — XIV FOUR NOTABLES
  40. 40.BOB-WHITE
  41. 41.PARTRIDGES (Ruffed Grouse)
  42. 42.THE RUFFED GROUSE
  43. 43.THE WOODCOCK’S WOOING — XV GAME-BIRDS?
  44. 44.The Mourning Dove
  45. 45.THE SANDPIPER
  46. 46.THE O’LINCOLN FAMILY — XVI TREASURE-TROVE AT THE SHORE
  47. 47.The Herring or Harbour Gull — XVII THE BIRDS’ CHRISTMAS TREE — XVIII HOW THEY SPENT THEIR MONEY — XIX BEHIND THE BARS
  48. 48.Mockingbird, Cardinal, Indigo-bird, and Nonpareil
  49. 49.The Mockingbird
  50. 50.The Cardinal
  51. 51.The Indigo-bird
  52. 52.Painted Bunting or Nonpareil
  53. 53.THE CARDINAL AT THE HUB
  54. 54.IN CAPTIVITY — XX MIDWINTER BIRDS
  55. 55.WINTER COMRADES
  56. 56.THE SNOWBIRD
  57. 57.ON HEARING A WINTER WREN SING IN WINTER
  58. 58.THE CHICKADEE
  59. 59.BIRD SONGS OF MEMORY — XXI JACOB HUGHES’ OPINION OF CATS — XXII FEBRUARY, “THE LONG-SHORT MONTH”
  60. 60.Bluebird, Song Sparrow, Robin
  61. 61.BLUEBIRDS’ GREETING
  62. 62.THE SONG SPARROW
  63. 63.THE SONG SPARROW
  64. 64.ROBIN REJOICE
  65. 65.ROBIN’S MATE — XXIII MARCH
  66. 66.MARCH
  67. 67.THE KINGFISHER — XXIV THE TIDE HAS TURNED
  68. 68.THE MASQUERADING CHICKADEE
  69. 69.WILD GEESE
  70. 70.Nest-Building
  71. 71.THE NEST
  72. 72.OUT OF THE SOUTH
  73. 73.WHAT TO EXPECT
  74. 74.THE VESPER-SPARROW
  75. 75.WINGED MYSTERIES
  76. 76.THE WOOD THRUSH AND THE WHIP-POOR-WILL
  77. 77.A NIGHTHAWK INCIDENT
  78. 78.TO A CHIMNEY SWIFT
  79. 79.THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD
  80. 80.THE HUMMING-BIRD
  81. 81.THE WOOD THRUSH
  82. 82.MOCKERS AND THRUSHES
  83. 83.THE INCREDULOUS VEERY
  84. 84.THE BROWN THRASHER
  85. 85.THE CATBIRD — XXV BIRD AND ARBOUR DAY AT FOXES CORNERS
  86. 86.BIRDS IN SPRING
  87. 87.THE BIRDS AND I
  88. 88.THE BIRDS AND THE TREES
  89. 89.THE BIRDS AND THE HOURS — XXVI SOME BIRDS THAT COME IN MAY
  90. 90.RED-EYED VIREO
  91. 91.THREE LISPERS AND A VENTRILOQUIST
  92. 92.The Summer Yellowbird
  93. 93.Maryland Yellowthroat
  94. 94.THE MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT
  95. 95.Singers in Costume
  96. 96.THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE
  97. 97.THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE
  98. 98.A GOLDFINCH IDYL
  99. 99.A TALKING ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
  100. 100.A SONG OF THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK — XXVII FLAG DAY
  101. 101.HYMN OF THE FLAG — INDEX

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