ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Young Chimney Swift 187 



Nest of Scarlet Tanager 194 



Young Cedar Waxwings 194 



Red-eyed Vireo incubating 195 



Red-eyed Vireo near young 195 



Red-eyed Vireo feeding young Cowbirds 204 



Black and White Creeping Warbler 205 



Black and White Creeping Warbler on nest 205 



Nest of Black-throated Blue Warbler 218 



Nest of Yellow-breasted Chat 218 



Oven-bird on nest 219 



Louisiana Water Thrush on nest 219 



Redstart on nest 224 



Chestnut-sided Warbler on nest 224 



Nest of Chestnut-sided Warbler 225 



The condition of the Chestnut-sided Warbler's nest two days' later . 225 



Yellow Warbler feeding young in nest 228 



Northern Yellow-throat 228 



Brown Thrasher (male) and young 229 



Brown Thrasher (female) 236 



Male Brown Thrasher, shielding young in nest 236 



Catbird in shrubbery 237 



Catbird on nest 237 



House Wren entering nest 240 



House Wren emerging from nest in old can 240 



Short-billed Marsh Wren 241 



Nest of Short-billed Marsh Wren 241 



Chickadees 244 



White-breasted Nuthatch 244 



Wood Thrush incubating 245 



Young Wood Thrushers, ready to leave nest 245 



Spotted Sandpiper scolding 254 



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