Birds Every Child Should Know
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Originally published in 1907,Birds Every Child Should Knowis a collection of storylike descriptions of more than one hundred birds commonly found in the United States. Neltje Blanchan's detailed descriptions of birds—their physical attributes, calls, nesting and mating habits, and other behaviors—are nothing less than enchanting, and some read almost like fairy tales. Take for instance the mockingbird's call:“when the moonlight sheds a silvery radiance about every sleeping creature, the mockingbird sings to his mate such delicious music as only the European nightingale can rival. Perhaps the s...
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- BIRDS Every Child Should Know by Neltje Blanchan
- BIRDS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
- BIRDS THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW BY NELTJE BLANCHAN
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I OUR ROBIN GOODFELLOW AND HIS RELATIONS:
- THE AMERICAN ROBIN Called also: Red-breasted Thrush; Migratory Thrush; Robin Redbreast
- THE BLUEBIRD
- THE WOOD THRUSH Called also: Song Thrush; Wood Robin; Bell Bird
- WILSON'S THRUSH
- CHAPTER II SOME NEIGHBOURLY ACROBATS
- THE CHICKADEE Called also: Black-capped Titmouse
- TUFTED TITMOUSE Called also: Peto Bird; Crested Tomtit; Crested Titmouse
- WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH Called also: Tree Mouse; Devil Downhead.
- RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
- CHAPTER III A GROUP OF LIVELY SINGERS
- THE HOUSE WREN
- THE CAROLINA WREN
- THE MARSH WREN
- THE BROWN THRASHER Called also: Brown Thrush; Long Thrush; Ground Thrush; Red Thrush; French Mocking-bird; Mavis.
- THE CATBIRD
- THE MOCKINGBIRD
- CHAPTER IV THE WARBLERS
- YELLOW WARBLER Called also: Summer Yellowbird; Wild Canary.
- BLACK AND WHITE CREEPING WARBLER
- OVEN-BIRD Called also: The Teacher; Golden-crowned Thrush; The Accentor.
- MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT Called also: Black-masked Ground Warbler
- THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
- THE REDSTART
- CHAPTER V THE VIREOS: ANOTHER STRICTLY AMERICAN FAMILY
- THE VIREOS
- THE RED-EYED VIREO
- THE WHITE-EYED VIREO
- THE YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
- THE WARBLING VIREO
- CHAPTER VI BIRDS NOT OF A FEATHER
- THE BUTCHER-BIRDS OR SHRIKES
- THE CEDAR WAXWING Called also: Cedarbird; Cherry-bird; Bonnet bird, Silk-tail.
- THE SCARLET TANAGER Called also: Black-winged Redbird
- CHAPTER VII THE SWALLOWS
- THE SWALLOWS
- THE PURPLE MARTIN
- THE BARN SWALLOW
- THE EAVE OR CLIFF SWALLOW
- THE BANK SWALLOW Called also: Sand Martin; Sand Swallow
- THE TREE SWALLOW Called also: White-breasted Swallow
- CHAPTER VIII THE SPARROW TRIBE
- THE SPARROW TRIBE
- THE SONG SPARROW
- SWAMP SPARROW
- FIELD SPARROW
- VESPER SPARROW
- ENGLISH SPARROW
- CHIPPING SPARROW Called also: Chippy; Door-step Sparrow; Hair Sparrow.
- TREE SPARROW Called also: Winter Chippy
- WHITE-THROATED SPARROW Called also: Peabody-bird; Canada Sparrow
- FOX SPARROW
- JUNCO Called also: Slate-coloured Snow-bird
- SNOWFLAKE
- AMERICAN GOLDFINCH Called also: Black-winged Yellow-bird; Thistle Bird; Lettuce Bird; Wild Canary.
- PURPLE FINCH Called also: Linnet
- INDIGO BUNTING Called also: Indigo-bird.
- TOWHEE Called also: Chewink; Ground Robin; Joree
- RED-BREASTED GROSBEAK
- CARDINAL GROSBEAK Called also: Crested Redbird: Virginia Nightingale.
- CHAPTER IX THE ILL-ASSORTED BLACKBIRD FAMILY
- BOBOLINK Called also: Reedbird; Ricebird; Ortolan; Maybird
- COWBIRD
- RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Called also: Swamp Blackbird
- RUSTY BLACKBIRD Called also: Thrush Blackbird
- MEADOWLARK Called also: Old-field Lark; Meadow Starling
- ORCHARD ORIOLE
- BALTIMORE ORIOLE Called also: Firebird; Golden Robin; Hang-nest; Golden Oriole
- THE PURPLE AND THE BRONZED GRACKLES Called also: Crow Blackbirds
- CHAPTER X RASCALS WE MUST ADMIRE
- AMERICAN CROW
- BLUE JAY
- CANADA JAY Called also: Whiskey Jack; Moose-bird; Meat-bird
- CHAPTER XI THE FLYCATCHERS
- THE FLYCATCHERS
- KINGBIRD Called also: Bee Martin
- CRESTED FLYCATCHER
- PHOEBE Called also: Bridge Pewee; Dusky Flycatcher; Water Pewee
- WOOD PEWEE
- LEAST FLYCATCHER Called also: Chebec
- CHAPTER XII SOME QUEER RELATIONS
- WHIP-POOR-WILL
- NIGHTHAWK Called also: Bull-bat; Night-jar; Mosquito-hawk
- CHIMNEY SWIFT
- RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
- CHAPTER XIII NON-UNION CARPENTERS
- OUR FIVE COMMON WOODPECKERS
- DOWNY WOODPECKER
- HAIRY WOODPECKER
- YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
- RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
- FLICKER Called also: High-hole; Clape; Golden-winged Woodpecker; Yellow-hammer; Yucker.
- CHAPTER XIV CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER
- YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO Called also: Rain Crow
- BELTED KINGFISHER Called also: The Halcyon
- CHAPTER XV DAY AND NIGHT ALLIES OF THE FARMER
- TURKEY VULTURE Called also: Turkey Buzzard
- RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Called also: Hen Hawk; Chicken Hawk; Winter Hawk
- RED-TAILED HAWK Called also: Hen Hawk; Chicken Hawk; Red Hawk
- COOPER'S HAWK Called also: Chicken Hawk; Big Blue Darter
- BALD EAGLE
- AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK Called also: Killy Hawk; Rusty-crowned Falcon; Mouse Hawk.
- AMERICAN OSPREY Called also: Fish Hawk
- OWLS
- BARN OWL Called also: Monkey-faced Owl
- SHORT-EARED OWL Called also: Marsh Owl; Meadow Owl
- BARRED OWL Called also: Hoot Owl
- SCREECH OWLS
- CHAPTER XVI MOURNER, WHISTLER, AND DRUMMER
- MOURNING DOVE Called also: Carolina Dove
- BOB-WHITE Called Also: "Quail-on-Toast"; Partridge
- RUFFED GROUSE Called also: Partridge
- CHAPTER XVII BIRDS OF THE SHORE AND MARSHES
- KILLDEER
- SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
- LEAST SANDPIPER
- SPOTTED SANDPIPER
- WOODCOCK Called also: Blind, Wall-eyed, Mud, Bigheaded, Wood, and Whistling Snipe; Bog-sucker; Bogbird; Timber Doodle.
- RAILS
- GREAT BLUE HERON
- LITTLE GREEN HERON Called also: Poke; Chuckle-head
- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Called also: Quawk; Qua Bird
- AMERICAN BITTERN Called also: Stake-driver; Poke; Freckled Heron; Booming Bittern; Indian Hen.
- CHAPTER XVIII THE FASTEST FLYERS
- CANADA GOOSE
- WILD DUCKS
- HERRING GULL Called also: Winter Gull
- INDEX
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