"Robin, robin redbreast, Singing on the bough, Come and get your breakfast, We will feed you now. Robin likes the golden grain, Nods his head and sings again: 'Chirping, chirping c...
Once upon a time the owl and the raven were fast friends. They lived beside the same stream. They built their nests in a tree side by side. They sang the same songs. They ate the s...
That evening, as the family sat beside the hearth, Phyllis thought of the brave little chickadees out in the fir-trees. "I wonder if they are really warm enough," she said. "Do fea...
Does not go south in winter. Song--two or three clear long whistles and the chirping of his own name, "chickadee." A gay, curious little bird. Black head and throat--sides of head...
One morning in the early spring a raven was sitting on one of the branches of an old oak. He felt very ugly and cross, and could only say, "Croak! Croak!" Soon a little robin, who...
It was a bright, wintry day. The frost jewels sparkled on the snow. The winds blew cutting cold from the north. Phyllis, in her scarlet coat and cap, and long, warm leggings, waded...
Voice--sharp, harsh, discordant cries--queer "whistling" noises. Upper parts brownish black mixed with white--throat and under tail coverts white--other under parts having darker m...
Away, away in the Northland, Where the hours of the day are few, And the nights are so long in winter They cannot sleep them through; Where they harness the swift reindeer To the s...
When cats run home, and light is come And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round, Alone and...
Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sandpiper and I; And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered driftwood bleached and dry. The wild waves reach their hands for it, The w...
It was the tenth day of April. Phyllis knew the date because it chanced to be her birthday. She was just eight years old. The sun shone very warm and bright, and the buds were grow...
Comes north about first or second week in April. Remains until late September or October--builds and travels in flocks or companies--winters in South or Central America. Song--a co...
Usually resident--sometimes goes south in late October, returning in April. Song--a very beautiful sweet, clear whistle--heard in the early spring and in the autumn--usually quite...
Male arrives north middle of May.--Female comes some ten or twelve days later--travel generally by night and in flocks.--Flies south from August to October. Song is most musical an...
Had not the old hen been such a watchful mother she would never have been able to care for such a big, fluffy family. Had not Phyllis been such a wide-awake little girl, she would...
Phyllis sat in her own room, rocking her doll to sleep. The window was open and the curtain flapped idly in the breeze. Presently into the room darted a bird. He was beautifully dr...
Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountainside or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name. "Bobolink, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank,...
Comes north in May--often stays all winter--most commonly seen in the fall. Song--shrill, lively call resembling the voice of the tree-frog. Male and female have crimson head and n...
One of the first birds to return in the spring--migrates north early in March--sometimes remains during winter--stays north as late as October or November. Domestic--generally pref...
The ground was all covered with snow, one day, And two little sisters were busy at play-- A snowbird was sitting close by on a tree, And merrily singing his chick-a-de-dee! He had...
Once there was an old gray pussy, and she went down into the meadow, where she saw a merry lark flying among the tall reeds; and pussy said, "Where are you going, little lark?" And...
Notes--deep-toned, startling hoot. Heard most frequently at nesting time. Upper parts brown, marked with white--face gray, mottled with black, wings and tail barred with brown, eye...
Goes far north in nesting season. Found in Illinois swamps, and as far north as Greenland. Small bird with entire upper parts almost black--under parts white--wings tipped with whi...
One hot August day Phyllis went to the seashore to live. "Such fun," she cried, as the train drew up at the seaside station. "Such fun as I shall have playing in the sand and wadin...
Three times the size of robin. Does not migrate, but is usually resident in the place where it can best provide for itself and family. Is glossy black in colour, with gleams of pur...
Long, long ago there were but few Indians on the earth. The world was not as it is now. The earth people did not understand things as they now understand them. It therefore happene...
If Jack's big black dog, Nero, had not chanced to snatch Phyllis's rag doll by the head and run away with it this story would have never been written. You see, Nero bounded straigh...
"Haw-haw! Hoo! hoo!" Phyllis listened again. "Haw-haw! Hoo! hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" "Oh, I see you now!" laughed Phyllis. The owl moved silently as a shadow and perched very near to the li...
Usually resident throughout the year. Lives in marshy, swampy places. Head and throat white, with long black crest.--Very long neck covered with light gray feathers--darker on ches...
Comes north in early March--remains until December, often throughout the year. Song--harsh, discordant, laughing chuckle or rattle--never musical. Upper parts blue--wings and tail...