LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Sage Grouse Frontispiece 



Identification Chart of Bird xiv 



^Iap of Zones xvi 



Tufted Puffin. " As a puppy enjoys a bone " 4 



Ancient Murrelet. " If a white-cap developed near them, they 



would always escape it by diving " 8 



Pigeon Guillemot. "The Baby Guillemot" 12 



AsiiY Petrel. " The playmate of the grim old sea " .... 25 



Loon. " The young loons are taken into the water" 29 



Western Gull. " The young gull is taught to fish " .... 35 

 American Black Tern. "As it picks dragon-flies from the low 



ru.shes" 47 



Bra-NDT Cormor.4NT To face page 50 



Wilson Phalarope. "Picking up their own food before they 



were ten hours old " 59 



Sanderling. " a game of tag with the ocean " 69 



Hudsonian Curlew. " When alighting" 75 



American Eared Grebe. When tired, they are given a ride on 



the mother's back 85 



White-faced Glo.s.sy Ibi.s. " Watching for minnows in the 



shallow water" 89 



Virginia Rail. " Picking his way cautiously l)etween tlie tules" 101 



California Partridge. ' It haunts the canons and slopes" . 119 



Mourning Dove. " A platform of sti<ks " i:i3 



California Vulture, or Condor To face page 134 



White-tailed Kite. "Preying upon the tiehl mice " . . . . 139 

 1'rairie Falcon. "Not even the bald eagl.- can strike such 



terror to a flock of grouse " 146 



