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Jack Miner and the Birds

Jack Miner and the Birds

by Jack Miner

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Author
Miner, Jack, 1865-1944
Title
Jack Miner and the Birds, and Some Things I Know about Nature
Credits
E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing, ellinora, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Birds -- Conservation
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 61723
Release Date
April 1, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Jack Miner and the Birds AND SOME THINGS I KNOW ABOUT NATURE
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. Who is Jack Miner?
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. My First Pets.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. Market Hunting.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. Our Faithful Dogs.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. Bob White Quail.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. Raising English or Ring-necked Pheasants in Canada.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. The Natural Enemies of Our Birds.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. Some Things I have Known Cannibal Birds to Do.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. Weasels, and How to Destroy Them.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. Robins.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. The Bluebirds.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. Woodpeckers.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII The Swallow Family.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. Wild Duck Hunting.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. Knowledge and Ways of the Wild Duck.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. Do Birds Return to Their Same Homes?
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. Birds as Missionary Messengers.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. How Wild Ducks Conceal Their Nests.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. My Last Distinguished Family of Pet Ducks.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. Ducks’ Love Soon Ceases.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. The Migration of Ducks.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. Can Birds Smell?
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. The Canada Goose.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. Nesting Canada Geese.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. Our Model Canada Goose.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. Do Birds Have a Language?
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. The Career of Jack Johnson.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. The Migration of Our Canada Geese.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. Catching and Tagging the Wild Goose.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. Game Protection.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. Creating a Bird Sanctuary.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. Our Native Swans.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. The Line of Migration.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. Inquiries and Answers.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. Sportsmanship.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. Conclusion.

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