CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CORNELL LAB of ORNITHOLOGY q , ADELSON LIBRARY at Sapsucker Woods est G. Buttrick, S07 Wilder Street, Lowell, Mass. WITH THE BIRDS OF INDIANA FOR THE USE OF LIBRARIANS IN THEIR WORK WITH SCHOOLS Price ten cents COMPILED BY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION 1904 EARLY two years ago, I began work on a series of bulletins for the Public Library Commission of In- diana. Owing to the pressure of other duties, the bulletins were laid aside until recently the establish- ment of a department of library work with schools made more apparent the need of such publications and the Bird Bulletin has been pushed to completion. ‘ Realizing the value of expert service, the Commission has availed itself of the generous assistance rendered by Mr. Amos W. Butler, Prof. D. W. Dennis, Mr. Alden Hadley, Mr. W. W. Woollen, Mr. W. S. Blatchley, Miss Florence Howe and others to whom the Commission wishes to make grateful acknowledgment. The Commission is also indebted to Miss Ella Saltmarsh: Children’s Librarian of the Indianapolis City Library, for the use of the Bird Calendar, which, modified and enlarged upon, has been incorporated into this publication. Appreciation of the Commission’s work has been expressed by the officers of the Indiana Audubon Society, which has ordered copies of the Bird Bulletin for distribution. This publication will be followed by others on Indiana flowers, trees, products, history, literature, biography, etc., etc. Merica HoacLann, Cor. Sec’y & Organizer. How the Library May Stimulate Local Bird Study This bulletin of Indiana birds is intended for the use of librarians over the state, in assisting teachers and pupils with local bird study in the schools. The bulletin is merely suggest- ive. The real work that counts in stimulating local nature study must be done in the library. The librarian cannot do it alone, but with the help of club women, nature lovers, college students, and local natural history enthusiasts, she may bring to the library these various interests and thus make the library the vital educational center of the community. The following are some suggestions of ways by which the library may interest children in a study of the birds of the locality : 1 A special corner, table, bulletin-board, and book shelf devoted to the subject of birds, where children may look for and expect something interesting each day. 2 A bird calendar, on which the dates of the arrival of birds is kept by the children themselves. A black-board, bulletin-board, or large sheet of paper may be used for these records. A list of the birds likely to appear during the month may be printed on the board or sheet of paper and the children may check each day the birds seen by them for the first time. The record of these dates of arrival should be preserved and at the end of two or three years they may be printed in folder form, that the child may continue each year to keep for himself this same record. The calendar of bird migration giving the record of the spring observa- tions, published by the Springfield, Mass. Library, will be interesting to librarians. Lincoln Park, Chicago, publishes a bulletin of bird migration for the use of the Chicago schools. Lists of birds, with space for a note of the date, weather, and locality, are used by the University of Illinois in field work in local bird study. 3 3 Exhibit of bird pictures in the library. Rather than a large exhibit of miscellaneous bird pictures, it is better to show pictures of the birds as they arrive. Just before the time for the appearance of a bird, its picture to- gether with typewritten copies of poems about the bird and a short interesting description may ve posted on the bird bulle- tin-board. This description should always tell of the food and habits of the bird. A typewritten list may also be posted referring to the exact pages in the books best describing the bird, or containing poems about it, and these books may be kept on the special shelf near the bird bulletin or on the table. Books may be placed on the table open at a picture or good description of the bird or a poem about it. Children will not always take the trouble to search for a book but if it can be found easily near the picture, the book will be taken home and read, 4 Talks by a bird lover given at the library. There is always some one in every community interested in birds. The librarian herself, if a bird lover, even though she is not an authority, may find material in the best books for in- teresting talks on identification of birds, bird habits, food and homes, effect of storms on migration, birds that fly by day and those that fly by night, adaptation of birds to flight, pro- tective coloration, and economic value of birds. At the time of the talks the bulletin-board may be used for poems, pic- tures, diagrams or charts illustrating the subject, and the special table and shelf used for best books. A diagram show- ing the different parts of the bird will be useful in a talk on adaptation of birds to flight, and a table giving the birds that fly by day and those that fly by night will be interesting in connection with that subject. The bulletin of the Children’s Museum in Brooklyn will be very suggestive in planning a course of talks ‘on birds. 5 A bird club which comes to the library for talks on birds, and makes at the library the beginnings of a museum from the collections of its excursions. It must be understood that bird nests and eggs should be collected only for scientific purposes. A collection of bird specimens could be made only by an ornithologist. The life 4 histories of insects and specimens of birds may be had from special dealers in the large cities. Even a very small collec- tion, if giving accurately the life history of insects, and show- ing specimens in their natural environment, will be valuable. Such a museum as a part of the library is coming to be indispensable in the work with children in the schools. The protection and encouragement of birds and the preserva- tion of forests, trees, and shrubbery for their homes, should result from the study of the bird club and the talks given by a bird authority. 6 Field work in a winter study of birds’ nests. Since winter birds are not easy for the beginner and since there are not many to study unless one knows just where to look for them, a study of birds’ nests can be made. At this season of the year, although there will be difficulty in identi- fying them after they have been so long abandoned, the nests can be taken without stealing and can be found easily, when they might not have been observed in summer. Careful ques- tions regarding a few typical nests will arouse the child’s in- terest in the birds when they return. In studying the robin’s nest, its shape and color, the relation between the color of the nest and the color of the brooding bird’s back and environ- ment may be worked out by the pupils. The song-sparrow’s, meadow lark’s, woodpecker’s, and other nests may be studied in the same way. This will teach the children observation and train them in the inductive method of study. The adaptability of the nest and the color of the bird to its environment is a subject which the children may investigate for themselves, after their attention has been called to it in field study. Noth- ing can take the place of field work in bird study. 7 Prizes offered by the library to pupils in the schools for the best paper recording actual observations of a local bird or birds. The prize composition should be kept by the library, posted on the bird bulletin-board, and printed in the town or city paper. 8 Publishing in the local paper what the library is doing for the children in the schools in studying the birds of In- diana. Special announcement should be made of the talks on birds given at the library, the prizes for the best bird compositions, exhibits of bird pictures,“and new bird books received. The library must make the subject interesting and the new and best books on birds conspicuous. It is not sufficient for the library to be a store house of books. It must call the at- tention of people to its new and best books by advertising them and placing them where they may be seen. ° Ina M. MENDENHALL Calendar of Bird Migration These tables are approximately correct and are based upon the average of observations for a series of years in the central part of the state. They are different from those that would be made for either our southern or northern border. Most of the birds noted under January are more or less regularly resi- dents or winter visitors in Indiana in the latitude of Indianap- olis. In the latitude of Lawrenceburg, Madison, and Evansville there would be placed under January all the February and part of the March list. For our northern counties, particularly those near Lake Michigan, some of the birds found in the January and February list, such as the Song Sparrow, Redheaded Woodpecker, and Bluebird ordinarily would not be found un- til in March or April or even later. Some, like the Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Turkey Vulture, and Bewick’s Wren are not commonly found north of central Indiana. JANUARY Tufted Titmouse Downy Woodpecker Cardinal Screech Owl Sparrow Hawk Song Sparrow Crow Bluejay White-breasted Nuthatch Chickadee Junco Tree Sparrow Horned Lark Carolina Wren Flicker English Sparrow Bob White Redheaded Woodpecker 7 “ FEBRUARY Kildeer Kingfisher Bluebird Towhee Robin Meadowlark Turkey Vulture Mourning Dove MARCH Redwinged Blackbird Bronzed Grackle Chipping Sparrow Brown Thrasher Brown Creeper Bewick’s Wren Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Phoebe Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Goldfinch APRIL Chimney Swift Barn Swallow Kingbird Oven Bird Purple Martin Catbird Baltimore Oriole Yellow Warbler House Wren Red-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Wood Thrush Dickcissel Whip-poor-will MAY Indigo Bunting Wood Pewee Yellow-billed Cuckoo Bobolink 8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Black-poll Warbler Night Hawk Maryland Yellow-throat Cedar Waxwing RESIDENT 381RDS English Sparrow Bluejay Crow Screech Owl Tufted Titmouse Chickadee Downy Woodpecker Song Sparrow Kingfisher Cardinal Flicker Redheaded Woodpecker Sparrow Hawk White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Bob White Hairy Woodpecker The birds given below are either residents, winter visitors, summer residents or migrants in Indiana. Residents are marked R; winter visitors, W; those seen only during the mi- gration, M; all others are summer residents. The first number given with the name of the bird is the number under which the species is described in Birds of Indiana, by Amos W. Butler, published as a part of the re- port of the State Geologist in 1897; the second is that given to the species in the check list of the American Ornithologists’ Union; the third is the number by which a colored plate may be ordered from A. W. Mumford, 375 Wabash Avenue, Chi- cago. The poems given with the bird do not always exactly describe our Indiana birds, but are sometimes given as sug- gestive for supplementary reading, remembering that poetry and science do not always agree. The poems by Indiana authors are marked with a star. They will describe more ac- curately than the others our own birds. 9 JANUARY Turrep TirmousE R 308 731 233 More common in southern part of state; called Peter-Peter and Sugar-bird; nests in cavities of trees. Emerson, R. W. The Titmouse Stanton, H. T. The Peter-bird Downy Wooprecker R 161 304 164 Erroneously called Little Sapsucker; nests in hole of tree, usually low. CarpinaL R 230 593 20 Also called Redbird; more common in southern part of state; much beloved by bird lovers for his beautiful coat, cheery song, and good habits. *Culmer, J. C. The Redbird in winter *Parker, B. S. The Redbird *Stein, Evaleen. The Redbird ScreecH OwL R I5I 373 41 An uncanny but useful bird; nests in hollow trees or old buildings. Bates, E. S. What sees the Owl Lanier, Sidney Owl against Robin Proctor, B. W. The Owl Tennyson, Alfred The Owl Sparrow Hawk R 143 360 142 Nests in hollow tree, among branches, or in cavity on cliff; a useful bird in destroying small mammals and grasshoppers and other insects. Sone Sparrow R 225 581 83 Builds nest low, using grass, leaves and bark, and lining with grass and hairs. | Lathrop, G. P. The Song Sparrow Seton, E. T. The myth of the Song Sparrow ‘Vhaxter, Celia The Song Sparrow Van Dyke, Henry Legend of the Song Sparrow Io Crow R 186 488 26 A very well known bird and not protected by law. Buccaneer with blackest sails, Steering home by compass true. Cone Cone, H. G. As the Crow flies *Parker, B. S. The first caws Wilson, R. B. To a Crow Buiuryay R 184 477 I1 A bird of eccentric and interesting habits; builds bulky nest in trees. Mr. Bluejay, full o’ sass, In them base-ball clothes 0’ his, Sportin’ ’round the orchard jes’ Like he owned the premises. Riley Dickinson, Emily The Bluejay *Riley, J. W. The Blue-jay, 7 Kneedeep in June Sweet, S. H. The Bluejay WHITE-BREASTED NuTHATCH R_ 306 727 90 Called also Tomtit; nests in hole in tree four to ninety feet high. ‘Thomas, E. M. The Nuthatch CHICKADEE R_ 309 and 310 735 45 There are two closely related species of Chickadees in In- diana. That in the southern part of the state is called Carolina Chickadee; the northern one is known as Black-capped Chick- adee. Their general appearance and habits are similar; nests low in cavity of tree, stump, rail, or post. Flying low Prints his small impress in the snow. Emerson Thaxter, Celia The Chickadee Junco W 222 567 99 Known as the Snowbird and Black Snowbird; does not breed in Indiana. The sudden flurries of Snowbirds Like brown leaves whirling by. *=Ball, R. G. The Snowbirds Butterworth, Hezekiah The Snowbird Goodale, D. R. The Snowbirds II Low TREE SPARROW W 218 559 435 Often seen in companies, frequently with the Juncos, in shrubbery, weed and brier patches or flitting about barnyard, poultry-yard or dooryard; does not breed in Indiana. Burroughs, John The Brush Sparrow Dinsmoor, Robert The Sparrow Howitt, Mary The Sparrow’s nest Hornep Lark W 182 474 94 Called also Shore Lark; builds nest on ground, using grass, and lining with vegetable fiber and feathers. CarotinA Wren R 2098 817 443 Called Mocking Wren and Large Wood Wren; more com- mon in Southern Indiana; nests in woods or thickets or about buildings. Fiickrr R 166 412 27 Called Goldenwinged Woodpecker, Yellow-hammer, and High Hole; generally nests high in hole of tree. Ah, there is the note of the first Flicker, a prolonged, monotonous “wick-wick-wick-wick-wick-wick”. This note seems to put life into the withered grass and leaves and bare twigs. It is as good as a house- warming to all nature. Thoreau *McManus, S. B. The Flicker on the fence. EnciisH Sparrow R 209 I12 A well known little pest that is not protected by Indiana’s bird law. Forsyth, M. I. The English Sparrow Bos Wuire R 120 289 124 The well known Quail, by some called Partridge; a game bird carefully fostered by law. Cooper, George The Bob White Ham, M. F. The Bob White *Harris, L.O. The bonnie brown Quail *Johnson, A. F. The Bob White Thomas, E. M. The Quail’s nest 12 REDHEADED WoopPECKER R 164 406 13 Irregular resident; called also Redhead; a familiar and use- ful bird; nests in hole of trees. FEBRUARY The birds of this month are resident in varying numbers in the southern part of the state. KILLDEER II5 273 305 Called also Killdeer Plover; nests in depressions in the ground. Hear him call his own name. KINGFISHER 158 390 I7 More common in southern part of state; nests in burrow in steep bank, usually near water. Howitt, Mary The Kingfisher Thompson, Maurice The Kingfisher BLueEBirp 321 766 21 Nests in hole in tree, post, stump, or in a box, using grass; a pretty bird now growing more numerous in Indiana. Yonder bluebird with the earth tinge on his breast and the sky tinge on his back. Burroughs Aldrich, T. B. The Bluebird Burroughs, John The Bluebird Herrick, Robert The Bluebird Miller, E.H. The Bluebird *Parker, B. S. The first Bluebird *Riley, J. W. The first Bluebird Thaxter, Celia Bluebirds in autumn *Thompson, Maurice The Bluebird An early Bluebird ToWHEE 299 586 283 Called also Chewink, Towhee Bunting, Jewee, Joree, Marsh Robin and Ground Robin; nests on ground or near it. RoBIn 320 761 16 Very common and well known bird; builds nest usually in trees, of twigs, grass, weeds, strings, paper, fibers and mud, lining with fine grass. 13 Alcott, L. M. To a Robin Allingham, William Robin Redbreast Bolton, S. K. My Robin Cary, Phoebe The Robin’s nest *Chitwood, M. L. The Robin’s song Cooper, George What the Robin told Craik, D. M. September Robin Herrick, Robert To Robin Redbreast Langhorne, J. To a Redbreast Lanier, Sidney Owl against Robin Tampa Robins Larcom, Lucy Sir Robin Proctor, B. W. Robin’s song Randall, J. R. Why the Robin breast was red Richards, L. E. What the Robins sing in the morning *Riley, J. W. Robin’s other name Rogers, Samuel Epitaph on a Robin Redbreast Thaxter, Celia The Robin Washburn, H. S. To the first Robin Whittier, J. G. How the Robin came The Robin Wordsworth, William Redbreast chasing the butterfly To a Robin MeEapow Lark I9I 501 29 One of the most beneficial of birds; his song is interpreted as “Laziness will kill you”; nests on ground in meadows. “Spring o’ the year! Spring o’ the year!’ it says with a long drawn breath. A clear, strong, high-keyed note, uttered from some knoll or rock or stake on the fence, is its proper vocal performance. Burroughs TurKEY VULTURE 126 325 79 Called also Turkey Buzzard; eggs are hatched in hollow tree or log or on ground, with no attempt to make a nest. Mourninc DovE 125 316 8&9 Called Carolina Dove and Turtle Dove; generally nests in trees, sometimes on or near the ground; honey locusts or thorn trees are favorite nesting places. 14 MARCH REDWINGED BiacKBIRD 190 498 19 Makes its home about swamps and lowlands; nests low among grass or reeds. The Blackbirds make the maples ring With social cheer and jubilee; The Redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. Emerson Bronzep GRACKLE 195 5s1Ib 118 The common Blackbird; nests usually in colonies in trees. The Blackbirds clatt’rin’ in tall trees An’ settlin’ things in windy congresses. Lowell Cary, Alice Story of a Blackbird The Blackbird Craik, D. M. Blackbird and the Rooks Ingelow, Jean The warbling of Blackbirds Tennyson, Alfred The Blackbird Tennyson, Frederick The Blackbird Curprinc SPARROW 219 560 452 Known as the Chippy or Chipbird; lines its nest with horse- hair. Brown THRASHER 207 705 23 Called also Thrush and erroneously Mockingbird; nests low in bushes, sometimes on the ground. Clare, John The Thrush’s nest Drummond, William The Thrush Dobson, Austin The ballad of the Thrush Gallagher, W. D. The Brown Thrush Larcom, Lucy The Brown Thrush *Parker, B. S. Song of the imprisoned Thrush Brown CREEPER 305 720 163 Nests under loose bark of dead trees, using lichens, moss, feathers and rootlets; seldom breeds in Indiana. Bewick’s WREN 299 719 Called also Longtailed Wren; a great insect catcher; nests in all sorts of places about buildings, fences, brush-piles, and logs. 15 . Fre_p Sparrow 221 463 442 Builds nest of rootlets and grass lined with hair or fine grass, on ground or low bush. Larcom, Lucy The Field Sparrow VESPER SPARROW 208 540 340 Called also Bay-winged Bunting and Grass Finch; nests on ground. John Burroughs tells of it in Wake Robin. Thaxter, Celia The Vesper Sparrow Thomas, E. M. The Vesper Sparrow PHOEBE 174 456 87 Called also Pewee and Bridge Pewee; builds nest of mud, moss, grass and feathers, under cliff, bridge, culvert or shed; a valuable insect destroyer. Lathrop, G. P. The Phoebe bird Lowell, J. R. The Phoebe YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER M 162 402 95 Called also Yellow-bellied Woodpecker; nests in hole in a tree; seldom breeds in Indiana. Read of his very clever method of providing food. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH R 203 529 92 Called Yellow-bird, Lettuce-bird, and Salad-bird; nests in upright fork of tree or bush. APRIL CHIMNEY SWIFT 170 423 93 Called Chimney Swallow; builds nest of glued twigs at- tached to side of chimney or hollow tree. Dodge, M. B. The Chimney nest Barn SWALLow 239 613 22 The familiar forktailed bird; glues or fastens nest to barn timbers inside of barn. This is to be carefully distinguished from the Cliff Swallow that builds the bottle shaped mud nests, feather-lined, outside the barn under the eaves. Aird, Thomas The Swallow 16 Burroughs, John The Swallow Carlyle, Mrs. J. N. To a Swallow building under our eaves Hopkinson, Francis The Swallow Hosmer, W. H. C. The Swallow Howitt, Mary The Swallow Howitt, William Departure of the Swallow Meredith, Owen ‘The Swallow Smith, Charlotte The first Swallow Thaxter, Celia The Swallow Wordsworth, William The first Swallow KINGBIRD 172 444 100 Called also Bee Martin; nests in trees, often in orchards. Read about his remarkable insect trap. Oven Brirp 280 674 145 Called also Golden crowned Thrush; a bird of “high bear- ing and graceful carriage,” as well as cheerful song; builds nest of leaves, arched over, on ground in primitive forest. Bolles, Frank The Oven Bird Purpte MartTIN 237 A neighborly bird that is glad to build its nest in a box pro- vided for it; often driven away by English Sparrows’ pre-oc- cupancy of nest boxes. CaTBiIrD 296 704 50 Nests in bush or low tree. You know his gentle mewing call; he has also a fine song. BALTIMORE ORIOLE 193 507 56 A bird of beautiful plumage; suspends its purse-shaped nest high in a tree. “My Oriole, my glance of summer fire. Lowell How falls it, Oriole, thou hast come to fly In tropic splendor through our northern sky? At some glad moment was it nature’s choice To dower a scrap of sunset with a voice? Or did some orange tulip, flaked with black, In some forgotten garden, ages back, Yearning toward Heaven until its wish was heard, Desire unspeakably to be a bird? 17 Fawcett, Edgar To an Oriole Howells, W. D. Song the Oriole sings Lowell, J. R. The Oriole *Thompson, Maurice Spring’s torch-bearer Wilson, Alexander The Baltimore bird YELLOW WARBLER 265 652 Called also Summer Warbler and Summer Yellow Bird; very valuable in destroying insects; builds a neatly woven nest in trees, often in orchard and lawn. House Wren 300 721 86 Called Short-tailed House Wren; a wholly useful bird; has a peculiar rattling song. Cary, Phoebe The envious Wren Three Wrens Craik, D. M. The Wren’s nest Wordsworth, William The Wren’s nest REDEYED VIREO 247 624 122 A very common woodland bird; with a striking song; sus- pends nest in horizontal crotch of a tree. WaARBLING VIREO 249 627 06 Called also Warbling Greenlet; first observed among the elms, cottonwoods, and sycamores along streams, its favorite home all season. Lampman, Archibald To the Warbling Vireo Woop THRUSH 314 755 49 Nests on horizontal branch or fork of low tree or bush, using mud, leaves, weeds, and twigs; sweetest singer known to our forests. This is the only bird whose note affects me like music. He launches forth one strain of pure unmatchable melody and then pauses. It changes all hours to an eternal morning. Whenever a man hears it he is young and nature is in her spring. Thoreau *Davis, Hannah The Wood Thrush Newkirk, Garrett The Wood Thrush 18 WHIp-Poor-WILL 168 417 222 The two eggs are usually laid on a leaf, or on a few leaves in a slight depression. Dodge, M. M. The Whip-poor-will Van Dyke, Henry The Whip-poor-will DicKcissEL 234 604 150 The bird that speaks its name; called also Black-throated Bunting and Little Meadow Lark from its colors being sim- ilar to those of the last named bird; nests on ground or in bush. MAY Inpico Birp 233 508 47 Called also Indigo Bunting; very numerous; builds nests of leaves, grass, and bark low in crotch of bush; female is Sparrow like; no blue can be seen when bird is not in hand. Woop PEwEE 176 461 97 An industrious flycatcher; nests on horizontal limb eight to twenty feet high; covers nest with lichens. A little bird in suit Of sombre olive, soft and brown, Perched in the maple branches mute, With greenish gold its vest was fringed, Its tiny cap was ebon-tinged, With ivory pale its wings were barred And its dark eyes were tender starred. Trowbridge Van Dyke, Henry The Pewee YELLOW-BILLED Cuckoo 156 387 8&4 Called also Raincrow and Cow-cow; its nest is a mere plat- form of twigs in bush or tree. Howitt, Mary The Cuckoo Logan, John The Cuckoo 19 BopoLinK 187 404 25 Called also Whitewinged Blackbird, Reedbird and Rice- bird; nests on the ground; his “Quaker wife” has “plain brown wings.” When nature had made all her birds, With no more cares to think on, She gave a rippling laugh and out There flew a Bobolinkon. Cranch Bryant, W. C. Robert of Lincoln Cranch, C. P. The Bobolinks Flagg, Wilson The O’Lincoln family Hill, Thomas The Bobolink RuBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD I7I 428 8&5 The tiniest of birds; builds lichen-covered, down-lined nest on horizontal limb. Find him flitting among the flowers. Cheney, J. V. To a Humming bird cogeee S. G. Birthright of the Humming ir Hayne, P. H. The Humming bird a George To a Humming bird in a gar- en Tabb, J. B. The Humming bird Wilson, Alexander On the Humming bird BLAcK-POLL WarsLeR M 272 661 444 A striking bird in spring plumage; often seen about or- chards and lawns; breeds farther north. Nicut Hawk 169 420 48 Called also Bull Bat; a great destroyer of flying insects; lays eggs on ground; in Indianapolis and other cities some- times lays eggs on flat roof of a building. MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT 287 681 Builds nest of leaves or grass, lined with grass and horse- hair, in thicket, often near water or swamp, on or near ground; common interpretation of its song is wichity, wichi- ty, wichity. Van Dyke, Henry Maryland Yellow-throat 20 SOME OTHER POEMS Allingham, William The bird Bates, J. L. Why some birds hop and others walk Bryant, W. C. Return of the birds To a Waterfowl Burleigh, G. S. The Hang-bird’s nest Cary, Alice On seeing a wild bird al L. M. Birds’ nests If ever I see Little maiden and the little bird Who stole the bird’s nest? *Chitwood, M. L. Birds The bird’s nest empty Coleridge, S. T. Answer to a child’s question Cooke, R. T. The snow-filled nest Cooper, George Winter birds Cosby, F. K. To the Mocking Bird Dana, R. H. The little beach bird Dawson, W. J. Birds of the morning Dodge, M. M. The Whip-poor-will Drake, J. R. The Mocking Bird Emerson, R. W. May day Wood notes Garland, Hamlin The herald crane Harte, Bret To a sea bird Hemans, F. D. Birds in summer Heywood, Thomas Go, pretty birds Hogg, James The lark Hopkinson, Francis The birds, the beasts, and the bats Howitt, Mary Birds Birds in summer Ingelow, Jean The Singing-lesson Judson, E. C. My bird Kemble, F. A. Lament of a Mocking Bird Kimball, H. M. Flight of the birds Lanier, Sidney The Mocking Bird Larcom, Lucy Sing away, bird Longfellow, H. W. Birds of Killingworth The Mocking Bird, in Evan- geline Miller, E. H. My neighbors *McManus, S. B. The Yellow Thistle Bird Motherwell, William Sing on, blithe bird Meredith, Owen A bird at sunset The Titlark’s nest 2iI *Nichols, R. S. The bonny brown bird in the mul- berry tree *Parker, B.S. Hoosier bards The empty nest The old rail fence The song of birds Ee R. E. Midnight song of the Mocking ir Percy, Florence A bird’s nest *Pfrimmer, W. W. Take yer choice of seasons The Kankakee Proctor, B. W. Invocation to the birds Roberts, C. G. D. The flight of the geese Sangster, M. E. Building the nest Shelley, P. B. The Skylark Southey, Robert The traveller’s return Sprague, Charles The winged worshipers Stevenson, R. L. The little land Nest eggs *Stein, Evaleen October song One way to the woods Stoddard, C. W. Albatross Stoddard, R. H. Birds Birds are singing round my window Stoddard, W. O. The Prairie Plover Tennyson, Alfred What does little birdie say? Thaxter, Celia Birds in the rain Birds’ orchestra The Great White Owl The Sandpiper *Thompson, Maurice Death of the Great White Heron The Blue Heron Van Dyke, Henry The Whip-poor-will The’ Veery Whitney, A. D. T. Bird talk Busy and happy Whittier, J. G. A bird’s eye view Red Ridinghood What the birds said Wilde, R. H. To the Mocking Bird Whiting, C. G. The Eagle’s fall Whitman, Walt To the Man-of-war bird Williams, F. H. A bird in my bower Woodworth, N. H. The Hermit Thrush Wordsworth, William The Green Linnet 22 BOOKS IN WHICH THESE POEMS ARE FOUND Bellamy and Goodwin Open Sesame Bryant Library of poetry and song Burroughs Birds and poets Songs of nature Children’s garland Dana Household book of poetry Family library of British poetry Firth Voices for the speechless Griswold Poets and poetry of America Howitt Birds and flowers Johnson Poems and songs Knowles American songs and lyrics Lovejoy Nature in verse Poetry of the seasons Lucas Book of verses for children Morrison Songs and rhymes for little ones Norton Heart of oak books Our children’s songs Parker and Heiney Poets and poetry of Indiana Palgrave Children’s treasury Pollard Songs of bird life Repplier Book of famous verse Skelding Familiar birds and what the poets sing of them Skinner Arbor day manual Stedman Victorian anthology Stedman and Hutchinson Library of American lit- erature Thatcher Listening child Thaxter Stories and poems for children Whittier Child life Wiggin and Smith Golden numbers Posy ring Books About Birds Abbott, C. C. Architecture of birds Birdland echoes Birds about us Days out of doors Travels in a tree top Aldrich, T. B. Our new neighbors at Ponkapog Story of Baltimore Orioles Allen, Grant Woodland tragedy Apgar, A. C. Birds of the United States Arbor and bird day annual of Indiana 1903-04 Arbor and bird day annual of Wisconsin 1904 Baily, W. L. Our own birds Baird, S. F., and others Land birds of North America Baldwin, James How the birds learned to build nests Bamford, M. E. Look-about club My land and water friends Second year of the Look-about clu Talks by queer folks Baskett, J. N. Story of the birds Beard, J. C. Curious homes and their tenants Blanchan, Neltje Bird neighbors Blatchley, W. S. A nature wooing Gleanings from nature Bolles, Frank From Blomidon to Smoky Land of the lingering snow Burroughs, John Birds and bees Birds and poets Fresh fields Pepacton Riverby Sharp eyes and other papers Signs and seasons Wake Robin Winter sunshine Butler, A. W. Catalogue of the birds of Indiana, in Proc. Ind. Hort. Soc. 1890, appendix C 24 Our birds and what they do for the farmer, in Rep’t Ind. State Board of Agric. 1890, p. 113 Indiana—a century of change in the aspects of nature, in Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 1895, p. 31, in Inland Educator, v.2, p. 313, July 1896 The Birds of Indiana, im Rep’t Ind. State Geologist 1897. v. 22, p. 515 Bird life in Indiana, in Trans. Ind. Hort. Soc. 1898. p. 30 Conditions affecting the distribution of birds in Indiana, in Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 1903 On the migration of birds, in Indiana Farmer Oct. 21, 1893 Chapman, F. M. Bird life Bird studies with a camera Color key to North American birds Handbook of birds of Eastern North America Cheney, S. P. Wood notes wild Conklin, J. S. Birds and poets In preparation To contain bird poems of the best authors Cook, A. J. Birds of Michigan Cooke, F. J. Redheaded woodpeckers Cooke, W. W. Bird migration in the Mississippi Valley Distribution and migration of North American Warblers, in Rep’t of Dep’t of Agric. Div. of Biol. Bulletin 18 Cory, C. B. Birds of North America Dawson, W. L. Birds of Ohio Dennis, D. W. Our common birds and what they do for us, in Rep’t Ind. Com. of Fisher- ies and Game 1901-02 Dixon, Charles Birds’ nests Dugmore, A. R. Bird homes Eckstorm, F. H. Bird book Bird world Woodpeckers Forbes, S. A. The food birds, in Trans. of Ill. State Hort. Soc. 1879, v. 13 Fowler, W. W. More tales of birds Summer studies of birds and books Tales of birds Year with the birds 25 Gibson, W. H. Eye spy My studio neighbors Sharp eyes Strolls by starlight and sunlight Grant, J. B. Our common birds and how to know them Grinnell, Elizabeth and Joseph Our feathered friends. Hadley, A. H. Notes on birds observed in the vicinity of Richmond, Wayne Co. Ind. im Proc. Ind. Acad. of Sci. 1896-99 Harris, A. B. Field, wood and meadow rambles Herrick, F. H. Home life of wild birds Hodge, C. F. Nature study and life Our common birds Holder, C. F. Stories of animal life Holder, C. F. and G. H. New book on birds Howe, R. H. Every bird On the bird’s highway Hudson, W. H. Birds and man Birds in a village Ingersoll, Ernest Birds’ nesting Country cousins Friends worth knowing Habits of animals Johonnot, James Friends in feathers and fur and other neighbors Natural history readers Neighbors with wings and fins Some curious flyers, creepers and swimmers Jordan, D. S. Manual of vertebrates Some tales of birds and beasts Judd, M. C. AB C book of birds Keyser, L. S. Bird-dom In bird-land News from the birds Kingsley, Charles he of birds, in his Prose idylls Lange, D. How to know too kinds of wild birds in Indiana Our native birds Lanier, Sidney Bob; the story of a mocking bird Long, W. J. Fowls of the air Lowell, J. R. My garden acquaintance Mathews, F. S. Familiar life in field and forest Field book of wild birds and their music 26 Merriam, F. A. A-birding on a broncho Birds through an opera glass Hand book of birds of the west- ern United States Birds of village and field Miller, Margaret My Saturday bird class Miller, O. T. Birdlover in the West Bird ways First book of birds In nesting time Little brothers of the air Little folks in feathers and fur Second book of birds Upon the tree tops Nehrling, Henry Our native birds of song and - beauty Ober, F. A. Crusoe’s island Parkhurst, H. E. Bird’s calendar Bird world How to name the birds Pierson, C. D. Among the forest people Pollard, Josephine Favorite birds Porter, G. S. Song of the Cardinal Ridgway, Robert Mere of North American irds Birds of Illinois The relation between the col- or and geographical distri- bution of birds, im Am. Nat., Sept., 1873, v. 7, p. 548 Samuels, E. A. Among the birds Birds of New England Scott, W. E. D. Bird studies Seton, E. T. Bird portraits Story of Redruff, zn Wild animals I have known Sweeney, Z. T. Rep’t of Ind. Com. of Fisheries and Game 1901-02 Thompson, Maurice Byways and bird notes Songs of fair weather A redheaded family Sylvan secrets Weed and Dearborn Birds in their relation to man Torrey, Bradford Birds in the bush Every day birds Footpath way Rambler’s lease 27 Trimmer, Mrs. History of the robins Wheaton, J. M. Birds of Ohio Wiggin, K. D. Story hour Witchell, W. J. Evolution of bird song Woollen, W. W. Buzzard’s Roost: a bird study In preparation To give with pictures of the bird, its nest and eggs, and poetry, description, and story, the life history of 52 common birds of Indiana, one to be studied each week of the year Wright, M. O. Birdcraft For more extensive bibliographies see Butler, A. W. The birds of Indiana Weed and Dearborn Birds in their relation to man Since it is not possible for the small library to have a large collection, discrimination is necessary in the selection of the books on birds. It is better to have one good book on each of the different phases of bird study than a large number of in- ferior books. A few books suggested as especially valuable for the work of the small library are here given as a selection from the longer list: For Youne BecinNners de Miller, O. T. First book of birds Wright and Coues Citizen bird Supplementary Reading Miller, O. T. Little brothers of the air Johonnot, James Friends in feathers and fur Gibson, W. H. Eye spy Sharp eyes Pearson, F. G. Stories of bird life For OLDER PUPILS Wright, M. O. Bird craft Blanchan, Neltje Bird neighbors Merriam, F. A. Birds of village and field Supplementary Reading Burroughs, John Pepacton Wake Robin Torrey, Bradford Every-day birds 28 For THE TEACHER On Identification of Birds Butler, A. W. The birds of Indiana Chapman, Frank Handbook of birds of Eastern North America On Problems of Bird Life Eckstorm, Fannie Bird book On Bird Migration Cooke, W. W. Bird migration in the Mississippi Valley Distribution and migration of North American Warblers On Bird Homes Dugmore, A. R. Bird homes Herrick, F. H. Home life of wild birds On Economic Value of Birds Weed and Dearborn Birds in their relation to man Forbes, S. A. The food of birds .Good articles on birds are to be found every month in Country life in America, usually in the Delineator, often in the Outlook, Boy’s world, Brown book, World to-day, American boy, and Home and school visitor. Bird lore, Birds and nature, and American bird magazine are almost entirely devoted to the subject of birds. Publications Suggestive for the Librarian Stncer Manuracturine Co. 149 Broadway, New York Sets of colored cards illustrating American singing birds Free to libraries, MassacHuseEtrs AUDUBON Society, 234 Berkeley St., Boston Annual Audubon calendar for 1905 60 cts. Colored plates from the calendar for 1904-05 at 30 cts. per set Colored plates of New England birds 25 cts. per set of twelve Send for price list of circulars, pamphlets, and charts circulated by the society. PranG EpucaTIonaL Co. 120 Boylston St., Boston Colored wall chart of twenty-six common birds. First and second series ‘ i $1.30 each A. W. Mumrorp, 378 Wabash Av. Chicago Colored bird plates 2 cts. each Birds and nature $1.50 per year Nature Pusiisuine Co. Chicago Colored photographs of birds Puszic Lrsrary, Springfield, Mass. Calendar of bird migration Monthly bulletin Linco_n Park, Chicago Calendar of bird migration Cuitpren’s Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science, Brooklyn, N. Y. Monthly bulletin Charge made for postage. The Public Library Commission will be gratified to receive from those using the above lists, suggestions as to their future 30 improvement and reports on the work which has been begun or accomplished through them. Address Pusric Liprary CoMMISSION OF INDIANA State House, Indianapolis. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION OF INDIANA Mr. J. P. Dunn, Indianapolis, Pres. Mrs. E. C. Eart, Connersville Mr. W. W. Parsons, Terre Haute ee Ee eerie Bie Pe ae a ce eee Eee ee i a Ses eeeoa es sap srepabed trae roar ees PetTT Eee ee Sees Set ate Beers Bepieteress #