GOLDFINCH
BIRD NEIGHBORS. AN INTRODUCTORY ACQUAINTANCEWITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BIRDS COMMONLY FOUND INTHE GARDENS, MEADOWS, AND WOODS ABOUT OUR HOMES
BY
NELTJE BLANCHAN
WITH INTRODUCTION BY
JOHN BURROUGHS
JOHN BURROUGHS
WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOR AND IN BLACK AND WHITE
IN COLOR AND IN BLACK AND WHITE
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1923
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1923
COPYRIGHT, 1904, 1922, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY
DOUBLEDAY & MCCLURE COMPANY
DOUBLEDAY & MCCLURE COMPANY
COLOURED PLATES COPYRIGHTED, 1897, BY
THE NATURE STUDY PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILL.
THE NATURE STUDY PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILL.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | vii | |
| INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURROUGHS | ix | |
| LIST OF COLOURED PLATES | xviii | |
| I. | BIRD FAMILIES: | |
| Their Characteristics and the Representatives of Each Family included in "Bird Neighbors" | 1 | |
| II. | HABITATS OF BIRDS | 17 |
| III. | SEASONS OF BIRDS | 25 |
| IV. | BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO SIZE | 33 |
| V. | DESCRIPTIONS OF BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO COLOR: | |
| Birds Conspicuously Black | 39 | <|