List of Illustrations 



FACING PAGE 



Parent Field Sparrow Feeding its Young on the Day 



They Left Their Nest 46 



Song Sparrow's Nest 48 



Nest and Eggs of Brown Thrasher .... 50 



Nest of Brown Thrasher on the Ground ... 50 



Nest and Eggs of Ruffed Grouse S2 



A Young Towhee Hiding beneath a Dead Oak Leaf . 64 

 A Mother Worm-eating Warbler and Her Young 



Family 64 



Nest of the Worm-eating Warbler in a Bank . . 65 



Nest of Blue-winged Warbler on Ground in Damp Scrub 66 



Blue-winged Warbler on Nest 66 



Same Nest Showing Young Bird Just Out of the Egg . 66 



Nest of Maryland Yellow-throat (Colour) ... 68 



Nest and Eggs of Maryland Yellow-throat ... 70 



Nest of Wilson's Thrush (Colour) .... 72 



Meadowlark's Dome-shaped Nest 74 



Nest and Eggs of the Yellow-winged or Grasshopper 



Sparrow 75 



Front View of the Oven-bird's Nest .... 76 



Back View of the Same Nest 76 



Arched or Domed Nest of Oven-bird, on the Ground in 



Woods 76 



Nest of Red-winged Blackbird (Colour) ... 78 

 Florida Burrowing Owl at Entrance of the Burrow 



in Which its Nest is Situated .... 82 



