Bird World: A Bird Book for Children

by Jenny H. Stickney

70 chapters4h 21mEnglish1898

About this book

Bird World is a children's guide to New England Birds. It explores the characteristics, habitat, and songs of native birds. - Summary by Jennifer Dallman

Chapters (69)

1The Goldfinch

147

2The Phœbe

234

3The Robin

303

4The Oriole

107

5Heralds of the Summer

114

6The Bluebird

124

7The Coming of the Birds

8The Indigo Bird

143

9The Story of a Grouse

212

10Bird Acquaintance

180

11Bills of Fare

227

12Gull Dick

165

13The Owl

383

14The Scarlet Tanager

15The Politest Bird

185

16A Family of Backwoodsmen

613

17A Second Sparrow Study

165

18The Song Sparrow and the Chipping Sparrow

239

19How Birds Pass the Night

172

20The Blue Jay

139

21Bird Homes

318

22The Kingbird

312

23The Warblers

24The Clever Wren

164

25The Wren

171

26At the Bath

162

27The Catbird

256

28Nest Builders

367

29The Swallows

160

30The Barn Swallow

213

31The Red-winged Blackbird

135

32About Birds' Toes

218

33Bob White

221

34Audubon and the Pœbes

35How Young Birds Get Fed

102

36Food of Birds

273

37When a Bird Changes his Clothes

243

38A Bird in Hand

522

39Bird Passports

271

40The Bird of Many Names

144

41The Bobolink

131

42Gypsy Birds

172

43Foster-Mothers

283

44Two Father Birds

173

45Born in a Boat

158

46How the Wood Duck Gets her Young to the Water

47The Great Caravan Route

448

48Bird World in Winter

286

49Bird Lodgings in Winter

190

50The Eagle

51The Chickadee

122

52A Bird-Paradise

253

53The Sea-Gull

54A Great Traveler

321

55The Redstart

118

56The Humming Bird

337

57As Free as a Bird

254

58To the Great and General Court of Massachusetts

310

59Birds' Enemies

660

60Families in Bird World

218

61Feather and Flight

387

62The Snowy Egret

151

63The Wood Thrush

123

64The Brown Thrush

148

65Hawks

186

66Bird Language

212

67Some Strange Bird Music

269

68Bird Bills

69Appendix

867

Bird World: A Bird Book for Children

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