List of Illustrations. 



Plates. 



Upland Plover (Colored Plate) 



Plate I. — River Ducks and Swans, ..... 



Plate II. — Two Baldpates on Leverett Pond, Boston, 



Plate III. — Canvas-back and Baldpate on Leverett Pond, Boston 



Plate IV. — Group of Bay Ducks, 



Plate V. — Nest of Eider, 



Plate VI. — Barnacle Goose, 



Plate VII. — Woodcock on Nest, 



Plate VIII. — Spotted Sandpiper (Young), 



Plate IX. — Spotted Sandpiper (Adult), 



Plate X. — Ruffed Grouse Drumming, 



Plate XI. — Heath Hen, . 



Plate XII. — Great Auk, . 



Plate XIII. — Labrador Duck, . 



Plate XIV. — Eskimo Curlew, . 



Plate XV. — The Last Passenger Pigeon, 



Plate XVI. — Pigeon Net, 



Plate XVII. — Young Passenger Pigeon, 



Plate XVIII. — Eggs of Passenger Pigeon and Mourning Dove, 



Plate XIX. — Band-tailed Pigeon, Passenger Pigeon and Mourn 



ing Dove, ..... 

 Plate XX. — Trumpeter Swan, 

 Plate XXI. — Whooping Crane, 

 Plate XXII. — Sandhill Crane, 

 Plate XXIII. — Wild Turkey, . 

 Plate XXIV. — Propagation, 

 Plate XXV. — Protection, 

 Plate XXVI. — Attracting Canada Geese, 

 Plate XXVII. — A Result of stopping Spring Shooting, 

 Plate XXVIII. — Wild-fowl on a Game Farm, . 

 Plate XXIX. — A Breeding Pen for Bob-whites, 

 Plate XXX. — Group of Bob-whites in Confinement, 

 Plate XXXI. — Wild Rice in Flower, 

 Plate XXXII. — Winter Buds of Wild Celery, . 

 Plate XXXIII. — Seed Pods of Wild Celery, 

 Plate XXXIV. — Wide-ranging Species of Pondweed, 

 Plate XXXV. — Wide-ranging Species of Pondweed, 

 Plate XXXVI. — Winter Shelter for Quail, 



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