CONTENTS. IX 



XI. The Idyl of an Empty Lot 192 



Nig'lit Hawk. Chordeiles virginianus. 



English Sparrow. Passer domesticus. 



Thrasher. Harporhynchus rufusx 



Junco. Junco hyemalis. 



White-throat Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis. 



Ruby -crowned Kinglet. Begulus calendula. 



Hermit Thrush. Turdus aonalaschkce pallasii. 



IN THE BIRD-ROOM. 



XII. The Solitaire 205 



Clarin. Myadestes obscurus. 

 Blue Jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 

 Brazilian Cardinal. 



Mountain Whistler. Siffleur montagne. 

 Trembleur. 



Townsend's Fly-catching- Thrush. Myadestes 

 Townsendii. 

 XIII. Incompatibility in the Oriole Family . . . 227 

 Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurious. 

 Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galhula. 



