Birdcraft

by Mabel Osgood Wright

• Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds (transcription project)
• Front matter

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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TO THE READER	xi
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS:
The Spring Song	3
The Building of the Nest	11
The Water-birds	21
Birds of Autumn and Winter	25
HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS	35
SYNOPSIS OF FAMILIES	43
BIRD BIOGRAPHIES:
Perching Song-birds	57
Perching Songless Birds	182
Birds of Prey	206
Pigeons, Quails, Grouse	225
Shore and Marsh Birds	231
Swimming Birds	255
KEY TO THE BIRDS	281
INDEX OF ENGLISH NAMES	309
INDEX OF LATIN NAMES	315

LIST OF PLATES.

Much of the technical excellence of these plates in due to the fine specimens of birds furnished the artist through the courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. In this connection both illustrator and author wish to thank Dr. J. A. Allen and Mr. Frank M. Chapman of the department of ornithology in that institution.

The numerals on the plates indicate the approximate length of each bird, small fractions being avoided. The point of measurement being from the tip of beak over the back to the end of the tail, it must be remembered that this length is often variable according to the development of the tail.

The Veery		Frontispiece
Plate		Facing page
1	Meadowlark	3
2	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	11
3	Wood Duck	21
4	Snowy Owl	25
5	Map of the Bird	35
6	American Robin (1); Wood Thrush (2)	57
7	Olive-backed Thrush	61
8	Hermit Thrush (1); Golden-crowned Kinglet (2)	62
9	Bluebird	66
10	Yellow Warbler (1); Chickadee (2)	72
11	White-breasted Nuthatch (1); Brown Creeper (2)	74
12	Mockingbird	76
13	Catbird	78
14	Brown Thrasher	80
15	House Wren (1); Long-billed Marsh Wren (2)	83
16	Black and White Warbler (1); Myrtle Warbler (2)	88
17	Ovenbird (1); Red-eyed Vireo (2)	106
18	Maryland Yellow-throat	110
19	Yellow-breasted Chat (1); Bank Swallow (2)	112
20	American Redstart	115
21	Northern Shrike	122
22	Cedar Waxwing	124
23	Purple Martin	126
24	Tree Swallow (1); Barn Swallow (2)	128
25	Scarlet Tanager	131
26	Pine Grosbeak (1); White-throated Sparrow (2)	131
27	American Crossbill	137
28	Snowflake (1); American Goldfinch (2)	140
29	Vesper Sparrow (1); Slate-coloured Junco (2)	145
30	Song Sparrow (1); Chipping Sparrow (2)	153
31	Towhee	158
32	Cardinal	161
33	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	162
34	Indigo Bunting	164
35	Bobolink	166
36	Red-winged Blackbird	169
37	Orchard Oriole	171
38	Baltimore Oriole	174
39	Cowbird (1); Purple Grackle (2)	175
40	Blue Jay	182
41	Kingbird	182
42	Phœbe (1); Wood Pewee (2)	185
43	Whip-poor-will	188
44	Nighthawk	191
45	Chimney Swift	193
46	Downy Woodpecker	195
47	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	196
48	Red-headed Woodpecker	199
49	Flicker	200
50	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	202
51	Belted Kingfisher	204
52	American Long-eared Owl	207
53	Screech Owl	211
54	Great Horned Owl	212
55	Marsh Hawk	215
56	Sharp-shinned Hawk	216
57	Red-shouldered Hawk	219
58	Bald Eagle	220
59	American Sparrow Hawk	221
60	American Osprey	224
61	Passenger Pigeon	226
62	Mourning Dove	228
63	Ruffled Grouse	230
64	Turnstone (1); American Golden Plover (2)	232
65	Bob-white (1); American Woodcock (2)	236
66	Spotted Sandpiper (1); Least Sandpiper (2)	241
67	Wilson′s Snipe (1); Virginia Rail (2)	246
68	American Bittern	250
69	Great Blue Heron	252
70	Black-crowned Night Heron	254
71	Mallard	256
72	Green-winged Teal	258
73	Blue-winged Teal	260
74	Redhead	262
75	Old Squaw	265
76	Canada Goose	266
77	Herring Gull (1); Common Tern (2)	270
78	Loon	276
79	Pintail (1); Pied-billed Grebe (2)	278