- Burgess Bird Book for Children, The
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Burgess, Thornton W.
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The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Jenny Wren all about the birds of North America, and we meet many of them in the Old Orchard, the Green Meadow, and the Green Forest.
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- Chapters
- Preface
- JENNY WREN ARRIVES: Introducing the House Wren.
- THE OLD ORCHARD BULLY: The English or House Sparrow.
- JENNY HAS A GOOD WORD FOR SOME SPARROWS: The Song, White-throated and Fox Sparrows.
- CHIPPY, SWEETVOICE AND DOTTY: The Chipping, Vesper and Tree Sparrows.
- PETER LEARNS SOMETHING HE HADN'T GUESSED: The Bluebird and the Robin.
- AN OLD FRIEND IN A NEW HOME: The Phoebe and the Least Flycatcher.
- THE WATCHMAN OF THE OLD ORCHARD: The Kingbird and the Great Crested Flycatcher.
- OLD CLOTHES AND OLD HOUSES: The Wood Peewee and Some Nesting Places.
- LONGBILL AND TEETER: The Woodcock and the Spotted Sandpiper.
- REDWING AND YELLOW WING: The Red-winged Blackbird and the Golden-winged Flicker.
- DRUMMERS AND CARPENTERS: The Downy, Hairy and Red-headed Woodpeckers.
- SOME UNLIKE RELATIVES: The Cowbird and the Baltimore Oriole.
- MORE OF THE BLACKBIRD FAMILY: The Orchard Oriole and the Bobolink.
- BOB WHITE AND CAROL THE MEADOW LARK: The So-called Quail and the Meadow Lark.
- A SWALLOW AND ONE WHO ISN'T: The Tree Swallow and the Chimney Swift.
- A ROBBER IN THE OLD ORCHARD: The Purple Martin and the Barn Swallow.
- MORE ROBBERS: The Crow and the Blue Jay.
- SOME HOMES IN THE GREEN FOREST: The Crow, the Oven Bird and the Red-tailed Hawk.
- A MAKER OF THUNDER AND A FRIEND IN BLACK: The Ruffed Grouse and the Crow Blackbird.
- A FISHERMAN ROBBED: The Osprey and the Bald-headed Eagle.
- A FISHING PARTY: The Great Blue Heron and the Kingfisher.
- SOME FEATHERED DIGGERS: The Bank Swallow, the Kingfisher and the Sparrow Hawk.
- SOME BIG MOUTHS: The Nighthawk, the Whip-poor-will and Chuck-wills-widow.
- THE WARBLERS ARRIVE: The Redstart and the Yellow Warbler.
- THREE COUSINS QUITE UNLIKE: The Black and White Warbler, the Maryland Yellow-Throat and the Yellow-breasted Chat.
- PETER GETS A LAME NECK: The Parula, Myrtle and Magnolia Warblers.
- A NEW FRIEND AND AN OLD ONE: The Cardinal and the Catbird.
- PETER SEES ROSEBREAST AND FINDS REDCOAT: The Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the Scarlet Tanager.
- THE CONSTANT SINGERS: The Red-eyed, Warbling and Yellow-throated Vireos.
- JENNY WREN'S COUSINS: The Brown Thrasher and the Mockingbird.
- VOICE OF THE DUSK: he Wood, Hermit and Wilson's Thrushes.
- PETER SAVES A FRIEND AND LEARNS SOMETHING: The Towhee and the Indigo Bunting.
- A ROYAL DRESSER AND A LATE NESTER: The Purple Linnet and the Goldfinch.
- MOURNER THE DOVE AND CUCKOO: The Mourning Dove and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
- A BUTCHER AND A HUMMER: The Shrike and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
- A STRANGER AND A DANDY: The English Starling and the Cedar Waxwing.
- FAREWELLS AND WELCOMES: The Chickadee.
- HONKER AND DIPPY ARRIVE: The Canada Goose and the Loon.
- PETER DISCOVERS TWO OLD FRIENDS: The White-breasted Nuthatch and the Brown Creeper.
- SOME MERRY SEED-EATERS: The Tree Sparrow and the Junco.
- MORE FRIENDS COME WITH THE SNOW: The Snow Bunting and the Horned Lark.
- PETER LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT SPOOKY: The Screech Owl.
- QUEER FEET AND A QUEERER BILL: The Ruffed Grouse and the Crossbills.
- MORE FOLKS IN RED: The Pine Grosbeak and the Redpoll.
- PETER SEES TWO TERRIBLE FEATHERED HUNTERS: The Goshawk and the Great Horned Owl.
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