LiST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FULI^PAGE PLATES. 



TO FACE PAGE 



Bob-white Froyitispiece. 



Color Chart 39 



Pied-billed Grebe and Young 57 



Heads of Ducks 97 



Little Blue Herons 135 



Clapper Rail 140 



Woodcock and Young 153 



Spotted Sandpiper and Young 169 



Ruffed Grouse and Young 181 



Sparrow Hawk and Young 211 



Hairy Woodpecker; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker . . . 229 



Whip-poor-will 237 



Least Flycatcher ; Ph(ebe 245 



Bobolink 262 



Meadowlark 265 



White-throated Sparrow; White-crowned Sparrow . . 300 



Song Sparrow ; Swamp Sparrow 306 



Yellow-throated Vireo ; Warbling Vireo .... 330 



Louisiana Water-Thrush 368 



Wood Thrush; Wilson's Thrush 395 



FIGURES IN THE TEXT. 



FIGURE PAGE 



1. A completed birdskin 28 



2. Topography of a bird 33 



3. {a) Spotted, (6) streaked, (c) barred, {d) margined feathers . 34 



4. Rule showing inches and tenths 37 



5. Feet of {a) Pied-billed Grebe, (b) Loon, (c) Puffin ... 41 



6. {a) Bill of Parasitic Jaeger ; (b) bill and foot of Laughing Gull 41 



7. Bill of Common Tern 42 



8. Bill of Skimmer 42 



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