- Stories of Birds
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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
- Chapters
- Preface
- THE CHICKADEE OR SNOWBIRD -- In the Snow
- Twenty Little Chickadees, and The Snowbird's Song
- How the Birds Got Their Feathers (Iroquois Myth)
- Chilly Little Chickadees
- All About the Chickadee: Suggestions for Field Lessons
- ROBIN READBREAST -- Merry Robin Redbreast
- The Robin's Read Breast
- Which was the Wiser?
- All About the Robin: Suggestions for Field Lessons
- THE SWALLOW -- Under the Eaves
- The Swallows
- All About the Barn Swallow: Suggestions for Field Studies
- THE HAWK AND THE RAVEN -- 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 Studies
- All About the Raven: Suggestions for Field Studies
- THE KINGFISHER OR HALCYON BIRD -- With the Water Watchman
- The Halcyon Birds
- All About the Kingfisher: Suggestions for Field Studies
- THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER -- In a Cap of Red
- A Legend of the Northland by Pheobe Carey
- All About the Woodpecker: Suggestions for Field Studies
- THE LARK -- In the Meadow
- The Song of the Merry Lark
- Saved by a Lark
- All About the Meadow Lark: Suggestions for Field Studies
- THE OWL -- A Good-Night
- The Owl by Tennyson, and The Owl-Girl
- The Owl and the Raven
- The Owl by Shakespeare, and All About the Barred or Hoot Owl: Suggestions for Field Studies
- THE BOBOLINK -- A Summer Song
- Robert of Lincoln by Bryant
- All About the Bobolink or Rice-Bird: Suggestions for Field Studies
- 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, and All About the Sea-Dove: Suggestions for Field Studies