Where can you find a lad who does not treasure among his secrets the
nesting-place of some pair of birds? Where can you find a child who
does not watch for the first robin of spring-time? Where can you find
one who does not know when the wild ducks in the wedge-shaped flocks
fly southward?
This little book of "Bird Stories" is written both for the children who
already know our common birds, and for those who may know them if they
choose.
For those children who know, the book is a verification of their own
facts, with an addition of stories, poems, and songs to make facts
beautiful; for the children who do not know, the book is a simple set
of facts placed before them for verification and entertainment.
To all, may the knowledge obtained be a pleasure and a delight.