LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Anna Hummingbird and Nest on Two Peaches 



(Life Size) Frontispiece 



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Black-Billed Cuckoo (1) 18 



Willow Woodpecker 19 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1) 22 



Red-breasted Sapsucker (1) 22 



Acorns Stored by California Woodpecker (2) 23 



Hairy Woodpecker 40 



Costa Hummingbirds 41 



Anna Hummingbirds. Young in Bush (3) 56 



Black-chinned Hummingbird 57 



Arkansas Kingbird (1) 74 



Purple Martin (1) 74 



California Jay 75 



Phainopepla 75 



Blue-Fronted Jay (1) 100 



Wood Pewee (1) 100 



Crows 101 



Young Magpies (4) 131 



Cow Bird — Audubon Warbler 132 



Meadowlark (1) 140 



Young Brewer Blackbird — Nest of Redwing (5) . . . . 141 

 Nests — Bell Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Wren-Tit, Lawrence 



Goldfinch (6), Olive-backed Thrush (5) 158 



House Finch or Linnet and Nest 159 



Green-backed Goldfinch— Bird Bath (7) 162 



Linnet and Gambel Sparrow at Feeding Shelf (8) . . . 163 



Gambel Sparrow (9), Young Grosbeak, Young Hooded Oriole 174 



Song Sparrow. Nest and Young 175 



Rufous-Crowned Sparrow and Nest 180 



Lazuli Bunting (1) 181 



Slate-colored Junco (1) 181 



Anthony Towhee, Nest and Young 210 



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