CHAPTER XVI

A TRIBE OF WEED WARRIORS Pine Grosbeak--American Crossbill--American Goldfinch--Snowflake--Vesper Sparrow--White-throated Sparrow--Chipping Sparrow--Slate-colored Junco--Song Sparrow--Towhee--Cardinal--Rose-breasted Grosbeak--Indigo Bird.

A MIDSUMMER EXCURSION Bobolink--Orchard Oriole--Baltimore Oriole--Cowbird--Red-winged Blackbird--Purple Grackle--Meadowlark.

CROWS AND THEIR COUSINS American Crow--Blue Jay.

A FEATHERED FISHERMAN The Osprey.

SOME SKY SWEEPERS Kingbird--Phoebe--Wood Pewee.

HUMMERS AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS Ruby-throated Hummingbird--Chimney Swift.

TWO WINGED MYSTERIES Nighthawk--Whip-poor-will.

A LAUGHING FAMILY Downy Woodpecker--Red-headed Woodpecker--Flicker--Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

TWO ODD FELLOWS Kingfisher--Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

CANNIBALS IN COURT Bald Eagle--Golden Eagle--Screech Owl--Long-eared Owl--Snowy Owl--Great Horned Owl--Marsh Hawk--Sharp-shinned Hawk--Red-shouldered Hawk--Sparrow Hawk.

A COOING PAIR Passenger Pigeon--Mourning Dove.

THREE FAMOUS GAME BIRDS Bob White--Ruffled Grouse--Woodcock.

ON THE SHORE A Long-necked Family: Black-crowned Night Heron--American Bittern--A Bonnet Martyr and a Blue Giant--Snowy Egret--Great Blue Heron.

UP THE RIVER Turnstone--Golden Plover--Wilson's Snipe--Spotted Sandpiper--Least Sandpiper--Virginia Rail.

DUCKS AND DRAKES Wood Duck--Black Duck--Mallard--Pintail--Green-winged Teal--Blue-winged Teal--Redhead--Old Squaw--Hooded Merganser.

GULLS AND TERNS AT HOME Canada Goose--American Herring Gull--Common Tern--Loon--Pied-billed Grebe.

CHORUS BY THE BIRDS

PROCESSION OF BIRD FAMILIES

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