Children's Book of Birds
Olive Thorne Miller
67 chapters · 7 h 52 min · English
Read by Marie Christian, Catherine Leach, Brant Burgiss, Lucas, Gerald Moe, jenno and others
Nature · Science
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The Children's Book of Birds combines under a single cover the First and Second Books of Birds, originally published in 1899 and 1901 respectively. The book is intended to interest young people in the ways and habits of birds and to stimulate them to further study and to provide some account of the life and habits, to arouse sympathy and interest in the living bird, neither as a target nor as a producer of eggs, but as a fellow-creature whose acquaintance it would be pleasant to make. - Summary from Preface
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 FIRST BOOK: What you want to know 2 min 3 When they come in the Spring 4 min 4 THE NESTLING: The Bird's Home 5 min 5 The Baby Bird 5 min 6 How he is fed 5 min 7 His First Suit 5 min 8 How he changes his Clothes 5 min 9 His First Flight 6 min 10 His Education 5 min 11 Some of his Lessons 5 min 12 THE BIRD GROWN UP: The Bird's Language 7 min 13 What he eats 5 min 14 More about his Food 6 min 15 Where he sleeps 5 min 16 His Travels 6 min 17 His Winter Home 5 min 18 His Family and Friends 4 min 19 His Kindness to others 5 min 20 His Affections 6 min 21 His Intelligence 8 min 22 HOW HE IS MADE:His Body 7 min 23 His Beak and Tongue 7 min 24 His Eyes and Ears 9 min 25 His Feet and Legs 6 min 26 His Wings and Tail 6 min 27 His Dress 6 min 28 Different colored Suits 7 min 29 HIS RELATIONS WITH US: How he works for us 9 min 30 How to attract him about our homes 7 min 31 How to study him 14 min 32 SECOND BOOK: What is a Bird Family? 5 min 33 The Thrush Family 14 min 34 The Kinglet and Gnatcatcher Family 5 min 35 The Nuthatch and Chickadee Family 14 min 36 The Creeper Family 3 min 37 The Cave-dwelling Family (First Branch) 5 min 38 The Cave-dwelling Family (Second Branch) 11 min 39 The Dipper Family 5 min 40 The Wagtail Family 3 min 41 The Warbler Family 9 min 42 The Vireo Family 4 min 43 The Shrike Family 5 min 44 The Waxwing Family 6 min 45 The Swallow Family 6 min 46 The Tanager Family 6 min 47 The Sparrow and Finch Family 9 min 48 The Grosbeak Branch 7 min 49 The Crossbill Branch 3 min 50 The Blackbird Family 8 min 51 The Meadow Starlings 4 min 52 The Oriole Branch 9 min 53 The Crow-Blackbird Branch 10 min 54 The Crow Family 19 min 55 The Lark Family 5 min 56 The Flycatching Family 12 min 57 The Humming Family 10 min 58 The Swift Family 7 min 59 The Goatsucker Family 6 min 60 The Woodpecker Family 14 min 61 The Kingfisher Family 6 min 62 The Cuckoo Family 5 min 63 The Owl Family 13 min 64 The Barn Owl Family 6 min 65 The Hawk and Eagle Family 11 min 66 The Scavenger Family 3 min 67 Appendix 18 min
