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Bird World: A Bird Book for Children

Name: Bird World: A Bird Book for Children
Author: Jenny H. Stickney

Jenny H. Stickney

Read by Jennifer Dallman, BookBard, Lee Vogler, Inkell, Kerry Adams, prajak and Tamrix · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (3:03)
The Goldfinch (2:27)
The Phœbe (3:54)
The Robin (5:03)
The Oriole (1:47)
Heralds of the Summer (1:54)
The Bluebird (2:04)
The Coming of the Birds (1:23)
The Indigo Bird (2:23)
The Story of a Grouse (3:32)
Bird Acquaintance (3:00)
Bills of Fare (3:47)
Gull Dick (2:45)
The Owl (6:23)
The Scarlet Tanager (0:41)
The Politest Bird (3:05)
A Family of Backwoodsmen (10:13)
A Second Sparrow Study (2:45)
The Song Sparrow and the Chipping Sparrow (3:59)
How Birds Pass the Night (2:52)
The Blue Jay (2:19)
Bird Homes (5:18)
The Kingbird (5:12)
The Warblers (1:17)
The Clever Wren (2:44)
The Wren (2:51)
At the Bath (2:42)
The Catbird (4:16)
Nest Builders (6:07)
The Swallows (2:40)
The Barn Swallow (3:33)
The Red-winged Blackbird (2:15)
About Birds' Toes (3:38)
Bob White (3:41)
Audubon and the Pœbes (1:25)
How Young Birds Get Fed (1:42)
Food of Birds (4:33)
When a Bird Changes his Clothes (4:03)
A Bird in Hand (8:42)
Bird Passports (4:31)
The Bird of Many Names (2:24)
The Bobolink (2:11)
Gypsy Birds (2:52)
Foster-Mothers (4:43)
Two Father Birds (2:53)
Born in a Boat (2:38)
How the Wood Duck Gets her Young to the Water (1:37)
The Great Caravan Route (7:28)
Bird World in Winter (4:46)
Bird Lodgings in Winter (3:10)
The Eagle (1:25)
The Chickadee (2:02)
A Bird-Paradise (4:13)
The Sea-Gull (1:03)
A Great Traveler (5:21)
The Redstart (1:58)
The Humming Bird (5:37)
As Free as a Bird (4:14)
To the Great and General Court of Massachusetts (5:10)
Birds' Enemies (11:00)
Families in Bird World (3:38)
Feather and Flight (6:27)
The Snowy Egret (2:31)
The Wood Thrush (2:03)
The Brown Thrush (2:28)
Hawks (3:06)
Bird Language (3:32)
Some Strange Bird Music (4:29)
Bird Bills (1:26)
Appendix (14:27)