Bird Biographies

								

Vesper Sparrow                                                     149
Chipping Sparrow                                                   151
Towhee                                                             161

                         LATER SPRING ARRIVALS
Tree Swallow                                                       169
Barn Swallow                                                       172
Purple Martin                                                      175
Chimney Swift                                                      180
Whip-poor-will                                                     184
Nighthawk                                                          187
House Wren                                                         190
Hummingbird                                                        192
Indigo-Bird                                                        196
Baltimore Oriole                                                   198
Orchard Oriole                                                     202
Scarlet Tanager                                                    204
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak                                             207
*Bobolink                                                          212
Goldfinch                                                          216
*Catbird                                                           220
Brown Thrasher                                                     224
*Mockingbird                                                       227
*Yellow-Billed Cuckoo                                              231
Kingbird                                                           235
Wood Pewee                                                         242
Red-Eyed Vireo                                                     248
Oven-Bird                                                          257
Yellow Warbler                                                     268
Maryland Yellow-Throat                                             270
Wood Thrush                                                        285

Note--The illustrations starred are made from plates loaned by T.

    Gilbert Pearson, President of the National Association of Audubon

    Societies.

                      DESCRIPTIONS AND BIOGRAPHIES

                                   OF

                        OUR COMMON WINTER BIRDS

                                PART TWO

                            BIRD BIOGRAPHIES

                              WINTER BIRDS

                          Permanent Residents

                                  and

                            Winter Visitors

Most people are surprised to learn that about sixty species of birds may
be seen in the north-central part of Eastern North America during the
winter months. Many of us, if questioned, would affirm that sparrows,