This volume contains stories, poems, myths, and facts about lots of different birds, intended for teaching children. It is divided into nine parts, each covering a different type of bird. Summary by Rachel.
Chapters
1 Preface 1 min 2 THE CHICKADEE OR SNOWBIRD -- In the Snow 11 min 3 Twenty Little Chickadees, and The Snowbird's Song 3 min 4 How the Birds Got Their Feathers (Iroquois Myth) 5 min 5 Chilly Little Chickadees 1 min 6 All About the Chickadee: Suggestions for Field Lessons 1 min 7 ROBIN READBREAST -- Merry Robin Redbreast 8 min 8 The Robin's Read Breast 5 min 9 Which was the Wiser? 3 min 10 All About the Robin: Suggestions for Field Lessons 2 min 11 THE SWALLOW -- Under the Eaves 7 min 12 The Swallows 3 min 13 All About the Barn Swallow: Suggestions for Field Studies 1 min 14 THE HAWK AND THE RAVEN -- From the Barnyard Fence 7 min 15 The First Hawk 3 min 16 Origin of the Raven and the Macaw (Zuni Creation Myth) 7 min 17 All About the Chicken-Hawk: Suggestions for Field Studies 2 min 18 All About the Raven: Suggestions for Field Studies 1 min 19 THE KINGFISHER OR HALCYON BIRD -- With the Water Watchman 11 min 20 The Halcyon Birds 8 min 21 All About the Kingfisher: Suggestions for Field Studies 1 min 22 THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER -- In a Cap of Red 6 min 23 A Legend of the Northland by Pheobe Carey 3 min 24 All About the Woodpecker: Suggestions for Field Studies 2 min 25 THE LARK -- In the Meadow 8 min 26 The Song of the Merry Lark 3 min 27 Saved by a Lark 5 min 28 All About the Meadow Lark: Suggestions for Field Studies 2 min 29 THE OWL -- A Good-Night 2 min 30 The Owl by Tennyson, and The Owl-Girl 3 min 31 The Owl and the Raven 7 min 32 The Owl by Shakespeare, and All About the Barred or Hoot Owl: Suggestions for Field Studies 2 min 33 THE BOBOLINK -- A Summer Song 5 min 34 Robert of Lincoln by Bryant 1 min 35 All About the Bobolink or Rice-Bird: Suggestions for Field Studies 2 min 36 THE SEA-DOVES AND THE GREAT BLUE HERON: Beside the Sea 5 min 37 Sea-Pigeons 3 min 38 The Sandpiper 2 min 39 The Circling of Cranes 5 min 40 All About the Great Blue Heron or Blue Crane, and All About the Sea-Dove: Suggestions for Field Studies 2 min
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