Wood Thrush. _Turdus mustelinus._
Olive-sided Flycatcher. _Contopus borealis._
Golden-winged Woodpecker. _Colaptes auratus._
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. _Habia ludoviciana._
Cow Bunting. _Molothrus ater._
White-throated Sparrow. _Zonotrichia albicollis._
Black-throated Green Warbler. _Dendroica
virens._
American Robin. _Merula migratoria._
Song Sparrow. _Melospiza fasciata._
House Wren. _Troglodytes aedon._
Bobolink. _Dolichonyx oryzivorus._
Meadow Lark. _Sturnella magna._
Eave Swallow. Petrochelidon lunifrons.
Ph[oe]be. _Sayornis ph[oe]be._
Shrike. _Lanius ludovicianus._

II. A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER 35
Red-headed Woodpecker. _Melanerpes erythrocephalus._
Shrike. _Lanius ludovicianus._

III. A THORN-TREE NEST 45
Shrike. _Lanius ludovicianus._
Golden-winged Woodpecker. Colaptes auratus.
Least Flycatcher. Empidonax minimus.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus Americanus.

IV. THE WITCHING WREN 72
Winter Wren. _Troglodytes hiemalis._
Chipping Sparrow. _Spizella socialis._

V. WHIMSICAL WAYS IN BIRD-LAND 88
Yellow-breasted Chat. Icteria virens.

VI. THE "BIRD OF THE MUSICAL WING" 103
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. _Trochilus colubris._

VII. MY LADY IN GREEN 121
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. _Trochilus colubris._

VIII. YOUNG AMERICA IN FEATHERS 141
Maryland Yellow-throat. _Geothlypis trichus._
Thrasher. _Harporhynchus rufus._
Baltimore Oriole. _Icterus galbula._
Catbird. _Galeoscoptes Carolinensis._
Red-eyed Vireo. _Vireo olivaceus._
American Crow. _Corvus Americanus._
Wilson's Thrush. _Turdus fuscescens._
Towhee Bunting. _Pipilo erythrophthalmus._

IX. DOWN THE MEADOW 163
Golden-winged Woodpecker. _Colaptes auratus._
Red-winged Blackbird. _Agelaius ph[oe]nicens._
Bluebird. _Sialia sialis._
Vesper Sparrow. _Poocaetes gramineus._
Eave Swallow. _Petrochelidon lunifrons._
Tree Swallow. _Tachycineta bicolor._

X. IN A COLORADO NOOK