[Illustration: “When apple trees are white
With their burden of delight.”
_Baltimore Orioles (lower, male; upper, female) in an Adams County
Orchard_]
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
BIRDS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
BY
GEORGE MIKSCH SUTTON
STATE ORNITHOLOGIST OF PENNSYLVANIA
CHIEF OF BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
PENNSYLVANIA STATE GAME COMMISSION
MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION, ETC.
_With a frontispiece in color and numerous pen-and-ink text-drawings
by the author_
1928
PUBLISHED BY
J. HORACE McFARLAND COMPANY
HARRISBURG, PENNA.
Copyright, 1928
By J. HORACE McFARLAND COMPANY
MOUNT PLEASANT PRESS
Harrisburg, Penna.
Dedication
MY MOTHER THINKS SHE DOES NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT BIRDS; BUT SHE KNEW
ENOUGH ABOUT THEM TO LET ME BRING THEM, ALIVE, DEAD, OR WORSE THAN
DEAD, INTO HER BUSY HOUSEHOLD, AND I THINK SHE IS A GOOD ORNITHOLOGIST.