American Bird Biographies: Containing the Complete Life-Histories of Familiar Birds Written in Autobiographical Form

ix, 238 pp. Ten color plates and ten wash drawings by George Miksch Sutton, 190 black-and-white photographs of the birds in nature by the author, who was professor ornithology at Cornell University. Includes: Introduction; The Screech Owl's Story; The Chickadee; Jenny Wren's Diary; The Tanager's Story; The House Sparrow; The Sea Gull's Story; The Oriole's Story; A Strange Mother--the Cowbird; The Peregrine's Story; The Canvasback; The Bluebird's Story; The Kingfisher's Story; The Green Heron's Story; Rubythroat; A Mother Grouse; The Flicker's Story; The Killdeer; The American Redstart; Cock Robin's Story; Mother Goldfinch Tells Her Story; Questions on the Life Histories of North American Birds.