ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



I. Topography of a bird (Robin) Frontispiece 



II. Brunnich's Murre g- 



III. Lesser Bluebill ■ ^^ 



IV. Lesser Snow Goose ^29 



V. Bittern 131 



VI. Bittern, nest and eggs j3-r 



VII. Great Blue Heron, head ^ -y 



VIII. Sora Rail 172 



IX. Woodcock on nest ■jv::^, s' 197 



X. Bartramian Sandpiper (I pland Plover) .^^^ 



XL Spotted Sandpiper ; • 205 



XII. Hudsonian Curlew oji 



XIII. Golden Plover, fall plumage %^^ 



XIV. Prairie Chicken, nest 033 



XV. Passenger Pigeon, male :;^3 



XVI. Passenger Pigeon, female ••■•■■• ^-IS 



XVII. Passenler Pi|eon and Mourning Dove, to show relative size -g 



XVIII. Sharp-shinned Hawk, adult --.^ 



XIX. Red-tailed Hawk, adult %~^ 



XX. Red-shouldered Hawk, adult -^q 



XXI. Broad-winged Hawk, young -g_ 



XXII. Golden Eagle ,•;••; 993 



XXIII. Sparrow Hawk, male and female -^^ 



XXIV. Short-eared Owl 3Qy 



XXV. Barred Owl 3II 



XXVI. Great Gray Owl 3 1 - 



XXVII. Richardson's Owl 3iy 



XXVIII. Acadian Owl o.^l 



XXIX. Screech Owl 395 



XXX. Great Horned Owl, adult o^y 



XXXI. Great Horned Owl, young gg^ 



XXXII. Yellow-billed Cuckoo '.^--. 



XXXIII. Black-backed Tliree-toed ^A oodpecker ^^J 



XXXIV. Sapsucker 357 



XXXV. Sapsucker • ogj 



XXXVI. Pileated AVoodpecker; Log-cock ^^g 



XXXVIl. Flicker, male 375 



XXXVIII. Whip-poor-will. 379 



XXXIX. Xighthawk 3§3 



XL. Chimney Swift .••••.••, 1 385 



XLI. Ruby-throated Hummingbird on nest ^^^ 



XLII. Kingbird 43I 



XLIII. Bobolink, male and female ^^^ 



XLIV. Cowbird, male ^4- 



XLV. Meadowlark 4-7 



XLVI. Bronzed Grackle ^gg 



XLVII. Vesper Sparrow 49- 



XLVIII. Henslow's Sparrow -q1 



XLIX. White-crowned Sparrow -q^ 



L. Chipping Sparrow --fg 



LI. Song and Swamp Sparrow 



