Stories of Birds

About this eBook

Author

Mulets, Lenore Elizabeth, 1876-

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Birds -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20547

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20547

Release Date

February 8, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Cover Art — [Frontispiece: "He came quite close and stared at the little girl" (missing from book)] — STORIES OF BIRDS — By
2. 2.Lenore Elizabeth Mulets — Illustrated by Sophie Schneider — Boston: L. C. Page and Company Publishers — PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — The Chickadee In the Snow Twenty Little Chickadees The Snowbird's Song How the Birds Got Their Feathers Chilly Little Chickadees All About the Chickadee — Robin Redbreast Merry Robin Redbreast The Robin's Red Breast Which Was the Wiser? All About the Robin — The Swallow Under the Eaves The Swallows All About the Barn Swallow — The Hawk and the Raven From the Barnyard Fence The First Hawk Origin of the Raven and the Macaw All About the Chicken-Hawk All About the Raven — The Kingfisher With the Water Watchman The Halcyon Birds All About the Kingfisher — The Red-Headed Woodpecker In Cap of Red A Legend of the Northland All About the Woodpecker — The Lark In the Meadow The Song of the Merry Lark Saved by a Lark All About the Meadow Lark — The Owl A Good-Night The Owl (Tennyson) The Owl Girl The Owl and the Raven The Owl (Shakespeare) All About the Barred or Hoot Owl — The Bobolink A Summer Song Robert of Lincoln All About the Bobolink or Rice-Bird — The Sea-Doves and the Great Blue Heron Beside the Sea Sea-Pigeons The Sandpiper The Circling of Cranes All About the Great Blue Heron or Blue Crane All About the Sea-Dove
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — "He came quite close and stared at the little girl" (see page 4) . . . . . . Frontispiece — "By this time the robin was on the ground" — "'No robin or chickadee could build such nests as the swallow'" — "On a branch sat a bird. He was considerably larger than a robin" — "The owl only blinked his great eyes" — "'She is sitting on a nestful of light blue eggs'"
5. 5.THE CHICKADEE OR SNOWBIRD — The Chickadee — IN THE SNOW — TWENTY LITTLE CHICKADEES — THE SNOWBIRD'S SONG[1] — HOW THE BIRDS GOT THEIR FEATHERS — (IROQUOIS MYTH) — CHILLY LITTLE CHICKADEES[1] — ALL ABOUT THE CHICKADEE — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS.
6. 6.ROBIN REDBREAST — MERRY ROBIN REDBREAST — [Illustration: "By this time the robin was on the ground" (missing from book)] — THE ROBIN'S RED BREAST[1] — WHICH WAS THE WISER?[1] — ALL ABOUT THE ROBIN — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
7. 7.THE SWALLOW — The Swallow — UNDER THE EAVES — "'No robin or chickadee could build such nests as the swallow'" — THE SWALLOWS — ALL ABOUT THE BARN SWALLOW — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
8. 8.THE HAWK AND THE RAVEN — The Hawk — FROM THE BARNYARD FENCE — THE FIRST HAWK — ORIGIN OF THE RAVEN AND THE MACAW — (ZUNI CREATION MYTH) — ALL ABOUT THE CHICKEN-HAWK — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS — ALL ABOUT THE RAVEN — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
9. 9.THE KINGFISHER OR HALCYON BIRD — WITH THE WATER WATCHMAN — "On a branch sat a bird. He was considerably larger than a robin" — THE HALCYON BIRDS — ALL ABOUT THE KINGFISHER — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
10. 10.THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER — Woodpecker — IN CAP OF RED — A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND[1] — ALL ABOUT THE WOODPECKER — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
11. 11.THE LARK — Larks — IN THE MEADOW — THE SONG OF THE MERRY LARK[1] — SAVED BY A LARK[1] — ALL ABOUT THE MEADOW LARK — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
12. 12.THE OWL — The Owl — A GOOD-NIGHT — "The owl only blinked his great eyes" — THE OWL — THE OWL GIRL — THE OWL AND THE RAVEN[1] — THE OWL — ALL ABOUT THE BARRED OR HOOT OWL — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
13. 13.THE BOBOLINK — The Bobolink — A SUMMER SONG — "'She is sitting on a nestful of light blue eggs'" — ROBERT OF LINCOLN — ALL ABOUT THE BOBOLINK OR RICEBIRD — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS
14. 14.THE SEA-DOVES AND THE GREAT BLUE HERON — Great Blue Heron — BESIDE THE SEA — SEA-PIGEONS — THE SANDPIPER[1] — THE CIRCLING OF CRANES — ALL ABOUT THE GREAT BLUE HERON OR BLUE CRANE — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS — ALL ABOUT THE SEA-DOVE — SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS

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