Illustrations 



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The Eternal Vigilance of the Robin 64 

 At His Ever Open Door 



The Flicker 85 



The Last Meal at Home 



Chestnut-sided Warbler and Young . 96 

 A Hermit Thrush's Hermitage . . . 101 

 Which Shall be First? 



Catbird and Young 103 



Resentful of Intrusion 



Wood Thrush at Nest 105 



A Swamp-Dweller's Home 



Nest of the Red-winged Blackbird . 108 

 Half Crowded Out 

 Field Sparrow's Nest Cumbered with 



Cowbird's Egg 110 



A Bright Glance From the Leaves 



Red-eyed Vireo 112 



The Sweet Seclusion of the Oven- 

 bird's Nest 117 



Three Who Would be Better Off in 

 Bed 

 Bed-eyed Vireos 119 



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