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Warbler, Myrtle 41) 



Warbler. VirgiDla .M 



Ward, Harold C 41 



Washington. (D. C.,) Birds of 32 



Webster. Clement L ir. 78 



Webster. Mrs. C. P 19 



Whitaker, Mrs. W. H 10,S 



Widmann. Otto 101, 137 



Wild Animals 32 



Wild Fowl 48 



Willard, P. C ti5 



Williams. R. W.. jr 60 



Wilson, Alexander 97. 98 



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Wilson Bulletin 47. 143 



Willoughby 159 



Winter Birds 104 



Wirt, VV. J 61 



Wolf. Joseph 141 



Woodpecker, Black lOfi 



Woodpecker. Pileated 46 



Woodpecker. Red-headed no 



Wrens 47 



Wren, Carolina ; 60 



Yosemite 55 



Yakon trail. Birds of 25 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Casting a Moose's Nose 1 



A Family of DucU-hawks 2 



Manikin for Zebra 4 



Blue-faced Boobies 5 



Webster's Booby on Nest 6 



Brewster's Booby on Nest 5 



Blue-faced Boobies 6 



The Cliff Swallow Nesis 6 



Tearing Through the Water [Walrus] 7 



Walrus Head 7 



Hoisting a Huge Brute on Board 8 



Kittiwake Gulls on their Nests 8 



Birds of Passage 9 



Blue-faced Booby with Nest and Eggs lO 



Ring-necked Duck :.. 11 



The Jumping Elks II 



Giant Cactus 17 



Fouquieria columnaris is 



Characteristic Landscape, Interior of Plateau. 



[L. Cal.] 21 



Characteristic Landscape on Eastern Side of Penin- 

 sula, (L Cal.) 22 



Elephant Wood 24 



Nest of California Rushtit '27 



Nest of Mexican Cut-throat 38 



Cliff Climbiug 30 



Nesting Place of the Ivory bill 33 



Mr. Ridgway goes for Ivory-bills 34 



A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush 34 



Nests of Double-crested Cormorant. 3T 



Nest of Ring-billed Gull 38 



Nest of Canada Goose 38 



Nest of Gad wall 39 



Nest of White-winged Scoter 40 



Nest and Eggs of White-throated Swift 47 



Where the Peregrine Bred 45 



Osprey Foot 47 



A Collector's Camp on the Slope of Mount Orizaba 49 



Fleets of Sail Boats go for Fish 51 



Two Kinds of Shearwaters 51 



Their Flight is Peculiar 52 



We bad Baited upa Large Flock 52 



Protective Coloration. iMourning Doves on Nestj 59 



Captive Golden Eagle tiO 



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How the Nest Panned out. [Carolina Wren] 61 



Pensile Redstart's Nest 61 



Loon 62 



The Blue Jay W 



Nests of the Rivoli Humming Bird [opposite] 65 



A Good Day for Eagles ft7 



Young Short- eared Owls 69 



Ground Nest of Osprey 75 



Great Horned Owl's Nest 7tt 



Sooty Grouse on Nest 77 



Nest and Eggs of Sooty Grouse 77 



Pet California Condor 78 



Osprey s Claws 79 



Osprey 's Nest onPirmacle 80 



Hairy Woodpecker [opposite] 87 



Nest and Eggs of Belted Piping Plover 81 



Nest and E:^gsof Common Tern 82 



Albino Arizona Quail 84 



Adult Male and Female Arizona Quail 85 



Osprey' s Claws 96 



Gulls Flying against the Wind [opposite] 97 



Ferruginous Rwigh- legged Hawk 99 



Adult Western Night Hawk, from life 100 



Nest and Eggs of Prairie Horned Lark lOO 



Clay-colored Sparrows, from life lOI 



Adult Short-eared Owl. from life 101 



Nest and Eggs of Baird's Sparrow 101 



Young Coopers Hawk 105 



Look Down Chimney. [Chimney Swift's Nest] 10? 



Osprey 's Claws HI 



The Changes a Feather Undergoes in Turning from 



Green to Yellow-colored. Plate opposite 113 



Francis Joseph Birtwell 113 



Charles Hallock : 117 



Snowy Owl, from life 135 



Nest and Eggs of the Alder Flycatcher 126 



Osprey's Claws 128 



Nest and Eggs of Thurber's Junco. [1st nest] 129 



Nest and Eggs of Thurber's Junco, [2nd nest] 130 



Nest and Eggs of Oregon Towhee 140 



Nest and Eggs of Steller's Jay 141 



Interlocking Rings for Marking Birds 147 



Osprey Nest at Top of Pole in Swansea. Mass 156 



