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 Sept., 1903 | THE CONDOR WESTERN ii5;i| READERS YOLVME IX Stories of Our Western Birds By ELIZABETH AHD JOSEPH GRIHNELL Authors of " Our Feathered Friends," " Birds of Song and Story," Etc. Richly Illustrated from Selected Photographs and Drawings made especially for this Volume by W. K. Fisher, of Stanford University. FOR FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES The Authors* intentions have been to write a simple narrative which will awaken an interest in bird life among young people, particularly school children. The birds selected are those which are to be found in the vicinity of most any schoolhouse in the west. The accounts are mostly of such a nature that they can be verified by careful observation on the part of the reader. While not in the least technical, the whole work has been compiled with a view to accuracy in every detail. However, enough of imagery has been introduced to give an air of vivacity and in places a certain humor, both of which are necessary in some degree to hold the interest of the younger reader. There is enough of color-description to enable at least the teacher to identify the birds by name, while the illustrations which accompany each chapter will leave no doubt at all. CONTENTS I. The Audubon Warbler. . Our Western Wrens. . The California Jay. . The Red-shafted Flicker. - The Black Phoebe. . The Turkey Buzzard. - The Mourning Dove. . The Butcher-bird. . The Linnet. . The Bush-tit. . The Crow. . Our Orioles. . Woodpeckers . The Arkansas Goldfinch. . Song Sparrows. . The Towhees. - The Western Robin. . The Brown Pelican. . The Belted Kingfisher. The Mocking Bird. . The Cedar Wax^ing. II. - The Ground Owl. . Various Sparrows. . The Roadrunner. . The Western Gull. . The Valley and Mountain Quail . The Killdeer Plover. - The Screech Owl. - The American Coot. . Descriptions of Our Birds. . The Barn Owl. PRICE. NET 30 CENTS PVBLISHED BY THE WHITAKER O. RAY CO., a MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO (When ordering mention Thb Condor.) Digitized by Google