The Burgess Bird Book for Children By Thornton Burgess Read or download book at: |
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Project Gutenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
If you are interested in bird calls, try this site: North American Bird Sounds |
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(Most of these are drawings, not photographs. This way that background has little or no detail so you can see the bird better.) Drawings are from the site Birds of Nova Scotia |
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For actual pictures of birds, try enature.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||
CONTENTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
CONTENTS CHAPTER I JENNY WREN ARRIVES Introducing the House Wren. II THE OLD ORCHARD BULLY The English or House Sparrow III JENNY HAS A GOOD WORD FOR SOME SPARROWS The Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and Fox Sparrows. IV CHIPPY, SWEETVOICE AND DOTTY The Chipping Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow and Tree Sparrows. (The Tree Sparrow is also in Chapter XL) V PETER LEARNS SOMETHING HE HADN'T GUESSED The Bluebird and the Robin The Tale of Jolly Robin By Arthur Scott Bailey VI AN OLD FRIEND IN A NEW HOME The Phoebe and the Least Flycatcher. VII THE WATCHMAN OF THE OLD ORCHARD The Kingbird and the Great Crested Flycatcher VIII OLD CLOTHES AND OLD HOUSES The Wood Peewee. IX LONGBILL AND TEETER The Woodcock and the Spotted Sandpiper. X REDWING AND YELLOW WING The Red-winged Blackbird and the Golden-winged Flicker. XI DRUMMERS AND CARPENTERS The Downy, Hairy and Red-headed Woodpeckers. Reddy Woodpecker by Arthur Scott Bailey XII SOME UNLIKE RELATIVES The Cowbird and the Northern Oriole. XIII MORE OF THE BLACKBIRD FAMILY The Orchard Oriole and the Bobolink. XIV BOB WHITE AND CAROL THE MEADOW LARK The So-called Quail and the Meadow Lark. The Adventures of Bob White by Thornton Burgess XV A SWALLOW AND ONE WHO ISN'T The Tree Swallow and the Chimney Swift. XVI A ROBBER IN THE OLD ORCHARD The Purple Martin and the Barn Swallow. XVII MORE ROBBERS The Crow and the Blue Jay The Adventures of Blacky the Crow By Thornton Burgess The Adventures of Sammy Jay by Thornton Burgess XVIII SOME HOMES IN THE GREEN FOREST The Crow, the Oven Bird and the Red-tailed Hawk. XIX A MAKER OF THUNDER AND A FRIEND IN BLACK The Ruffed Grouse and the Rusty Blackbird. (The Ruffed Grouse is also in Chapter XLIII) XX A FISHERMAN ROBBED The Osprey and the Bald-headed Eagle. XXI A FISHING PARTY The Great Blue Heron and the Kingfisher. The Adventures of Longlegs the Heron by Thornton Burgess XXII SOME FEATHERED DIGGERS The Bank Swallow, and the Sparrow Hawk. XXIII SOME BIG MOUTHS The Nighthawk, the Whip-poor-will and Chuck-wills-widow. XXIV THE WARBLERS ARRIVE The Redstart and the Yellow Warbler. XXV THREE COUSINS QUITE UNLIKE The Black and White Warbler, the Maryland Yellow-Throat Warbler and the Yellow-breasted Chat. XXVI PETER GETS A LAME NECK The Parula, Myrtle (now know as the Yellow Rumped Warbler), and Magnolia Warbler. XXVII A NEW FRIEND AND AN OLD ONE The Cardinal and the Catbird. XXVIII PETER SEES ROSEBREAST AND FINDS REDCOAT The Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the Scarlet Tanager. XXIX THE CONSTANT SINGERS The Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo and Yellow-throated Vireos. XXX JENNY WREN'S COUSINS The Brown Thrasher and the Mockingbird. The Adventures of Mr. Mocker by Thornton Burgess XXXI VOICE OF THE DUSK The Wood Thrush, Hermit Thrush and Wilson's Thrushes. (Same as Tawny Thrush) XXXII PETER SAVES A FRIEND AND LEARNS SOMETHING The Towhee and the Indigo Bunting. XXXIII A ROYAL DRESSER AND A LATE NESTER The Purple Finch and the Goldfinch. XXXIV MOURNER THE DOVE AND CUCKOO The Mourning Dove and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. XXXV A BUTCHER AND A HUMMER The Shrike and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. XXXVI A STRANGER AND A DANDY The English Starling and the Cedar Waxwing. XXXVII FAREWELLS AND WELCOMES The Chickadee. XXXVIII HONKER AND DIPPY ARRIVE The Canada Goose and the Loon. XXXIX PETER DISCOVERS TWO OLD FRIENDS The White-breasted Nuthatch and the Brown Creeper. XL SOME MERRY SEED-EATERS The Tree Sparrow and the Junco. (The Tree Sparrow is also in Chapter IV) XLI MORE FRIENDS COME WITH THE SNOW The Snow Bunting and the Horned Lark. XLII PETER LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT SPOOKY The Screech Owl. XLIII QUEER FEET AND A QUEERER BILL The Ruffed Grouse and the Crossbills. (The Ruffed Grouse is also in Chapter XIX) XLIV MORE FOLKS IN RED The Pine Grosbeak and the Redpoll. XLV PETER SEES TWO TERRIBLE FEATHERED HUNTERS The Goshawk and the Great Horned Owl. The Tale of Solomon Owl By Arthur Scott Bailey |
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This information was first posted on a different web page. I found that most of the links were "broken" and would not be fixed. I found the pictures and posted them here, so all of the wonderful information wasn't lost. You can view the original website here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||