Contents 



PAGES 



Jaeger Days .......... 1 15-120 



Among the Phalaropes ........ 120-124 



The Nesting of the Ocean Wanderers ; visits to the breeding- 

 grounds of Leach's Petrel ....... 124-129 



PART IV.— The White-Winged Fleet 



Gulls and Terns 



Visits to Herring Gull Islands along the Atlantic Coast . . 130-139 



Tern Colonies and Habits in the East ..... 139-144 



Other Gulls on the Eastern Coasts ...... 144-146 



The "Enchanted Isles," North Dakota; colonies of Double- 

 crested Cormorants, Ring-billed Gulls and Common Terns 146-157 



A Great Colony of the Franklin's Rosy Gull ; breeding and other 



habits of the Black Tern ; the American White Pelican . 157-169 



PART v.— Wild Fowl of Wild Fowl 

 Ducks and Geese 



A Tour in North Dakota among Breeding Ducks and Geese . 170-189 



Breeding of the Later Ducks on the Return Trip . . . 189-196 



Tree-nesting Ducks in North Dakota ..... 196-200 



Subsequent Trip to North Dakota, and Further Discoveries . 201-206 



The Breeding-Habits of Ducks in the East, from the Magdalen 



Islands to Southern New England ..... 206-213 



Habits of the Wild-Fowl in Southern New England after the 

 Nesting Season ; gunning-stands and the fowl that visit the 

 ponds 213-218 



Sea-coast Fowl; habits, modes of capture, migrations . . 218-224 



