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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 



Castle of Spider 190 



Jumping Spider {Phidippus mor- 

 sitans) with captured Da- 

 tana Moth 193 



Golden Sphex Wasp flying above 

 the opening of her burrow. 

 Initial drawing 195 



Golden Wasp {Sphex ichneu- 

 monea) dragging its prey into 

 the burrow 196 



Green Meadow Grasshopper 

 (Orchelimum glaberrimum) lay- 

 ing her eggs in stem of burr 

 marigold 202 



Pair of Green Meadow Grass- 

 hoppers {Orchelimum rulgarc) 

 on a sedge 205 



Jug-making Wasp {Eumenes fra- 

 ternus) in act of building nest. 

 Initial drawing 20G 



Completed Nest of Jug-making 

 Wasp {Eumenes Jraternus) . . 207 



Nest of Mud-dauber Wasp, show- 

 ing storcfi spiders and wasp's 

 grul). Initial drawing .... 209 



White-footed Mud-dauber {Tr;/- 

 poxylon albitarse) and her 



, Nest 211 



View of Bluff on Shore of Lake 

 Michigan, depicting an Out- 

 cropping of Wet Clay where 

 Mud-dauber Wasps obtain 

 Plastic Mud for their Nests. , 213 



Tabanid Ply 2U 



Dog-day Harvest-fly, Cicada, or 

 Lyreman {Cicada tibicen) just 

 emerged from Pupa 217 



Wild Rose with Rose-bugs 

 {Macrodactylux subspinosus) . 

 Colored plate 218 



Oriole's Nest occupied by Wrens. 221 



Red Squirrel 223 



Pair of Maryland Yellow-throat 

 Warblers, with Nest 22-1 



Landscape, with Goldfinclies in 

 foreground. Initial drawing . 226 



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Goldfinch giving forth his morn- 

 ing song 227 



Birds and Blue Racer. Initial 

 drawing 229 



Striped Garter Snake 231 



Butcher Bird and Yellow War- 

 bler. Initial drawing .... 235 



Young Red Squirrel on Walnut 

 Branch. Initial drawing. . . 236 



Red-headed Woodpecker in act of 

 cracking corn. Initial drawing 238 



Landscape, showing Swallows. 

 Initial drawing 2-12 



Nest of Red-eyed Vireo .... 244 



Red-eyed \'ireo 245 



Landscape, showing Night 

 Hawks. Initial drawing . . . 246 



House Wren's Nest in the Woods 

 occupied by White-footed 

 Mouse 248 



White-footed Mouse in the 

 Wren's Nest as she appeared 

 after bark had been removed, 250 



Pair of Baltimore Orioles. Initial 

 drawing 252 



Pate of Young Baltimore Oriole 

 hung by Thread of Nest . . . 253 



(i olden-crowned Kinglet cap- 

 tured and killed by Burrs 

 of Burdock. Photograph by 

 li. K. Xabonr.s 255 



Stag Beetle {Lneanns dama). 

 Initial drawing 256 



Powler's Toad (/^///o/oH7<Ti') . . 257 



Fowler's Toad, ventral view. 

 Tailpiece 259 



Landscape, showing Indigo Bird 

 and Nest. Initial dramng. . 200 



Indigo Bird on Nest in Dogwood 

 Bush 261 



Nest of Chewink 263 



Male Chewink, or Towhee {Pipilo 

 erythrophthalmus) 264 



Young Robins. Initial drawing . 265 



Field Sparrow, with Nest and 

 Young Bird 266 



