ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Young Long-eared Owls 66 



Young Screech Owl in position of defense (il 



Screech Owl 67 



" On it sat a Black-billed Cuckoo " 78 



Nest of Black-billed Cuckoo 79 



Young Black-billed Cuckoos in nest 79 



Kingfisher (adult) 82 



Young Kingfisher leaving nest-burrow 83 



Young Kingfishers 83 



" A Flicker stuck its head out of the nest-hole " 90 



Flicker, or Yellow-hammer (female), feeding young' in hole . . 90 



Family of Young Flickers 91 



Ned got the Hairy Woodpecker ...» 98 



Downy Woodpecker attracted by suet 98 



Downy Woodpecker 98 



Whippoorwill on nest 99 



Young Whippoorwills in nest 99 



Nighthawk 108 



Young Nighthawks 108 



Nighthawk on eggs, alarmed 109 



Nighthawk by her eggs 109 



Hummer "in the midst of the feeding comedy" 116 



Humming Bird incubating 116 



Hummer and young 117 



Young Hummers in nest 117 



Kingbird on nest 124 



Kingbird scolding 125 



The entire Kingbird family 125 



Phoebe and her new husband in the garden 130 



Phoebe on nest 130 



Snapshot of Wood Pewee . . . . , 131 



Young Least Flycatcher 131 



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