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ee Hen-hawk. Hawk, red-tailed. See Hen-hawk. Hen-hawk, flight of, 130-132. High-hole. See Flicker. Jefferson, Thomas, 39, 40. Oriole, Baltimore, nests of, 91-94. Oven-bird, walk of, 69; the two songs of, 69, 70; nest of, 70, 71. Owl, screech, a brood, 151, 152; two owl neighbors, 152-156; a captive, 153; note of, 154; disappearing in his hole, 154-156. Partridge, 133-136. _Partridge, The_, poem, 137. Ph[oe]be, arrival in spring, 28; nests of, 29, 30. _Ph[oe]be, The Coming of_, poem, 31. Quail, on nest, 109-111. Robin, arrival in spring, 15; a graceful warrior, 16; the "robin racket," 16, 17; nest and young, 18, 19; boring for grubs, 19, 20. Shrike, northern, 147-150; raided by a screech owl, 155. Snake, black, and song sparrows, 55, 56; and catbirds, 73-76. Sparrow, chipping, trying to catch a miller, 36; feeding young robins, 37, 38. Sparrow, song, unsuccessful nestings, 53, 54; and a black snake, 55, 56; a risky experiment, 56-58; a bob-tailed song sparrow's nest, 58-60. Swallow, chimney. See Swift, chimney. Swift, chimney, nest of, 61, 62; flight of, 61, 62; young, 63, 64; outriding the storms, 64; habits of, 64-66; great gatherings and aerial evolutions of, 66-68. Thrasher, brown, stealthiness of, 42; nests of, 42-46; skulking, 83. Thrush, wood, grace and elegance of, 83, 84; newspaper in nests, 84-86; the song and the nests, 86, 87; unsuccessful nestings, 87-89; song contests, 89, 90. Towhee. See Chewink. Warbler, black-throated blue, a successful search for the nest of, 100-105. Whip-poor-will, eggs of, 95; assimilative coloration of, 95, 97, 99; young, 96; gait of, 97; song of, 97, 98; an old bird with her young, 98, 99. Wilson, Alexander, 39-41. Woodpecker, downy, a winter neighbor, 161-164; drumming, 164-167; the mystery of his hopping up and down the trunks and branches, 167, 168. _Woodpecker, The Downy_, poem, 169. Woodpecker, golden-winged. See Flicker. Wren, house, song of, 47; war with bluebirds, 47-52. Wren, winter, in his summer home, 119, 120; in winter, 120, 121. Yarup. See Flicker. Yellowbird. See Goldfinch. End of Project Gutenberg's Bird Stories from Burroughs, by John Burroughs *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUT
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