xiv List of Illustrations 



FACING FAGS 



Five Little Teasers Get No Dinner from 



Mamma Blue Jay. {Craig S. Thomas) . 159 

 Not Afraid of the Camera: Baby Blue Jays 



Out for their First Airing. {Craig S. 



Thomas) . . . . . .159 



The Dashing Great Crested Flycatcher. 



{A. R. Dugmore) . . . . .162 



Baby Kingbirds in an Apple Tree. {A. R, 



Dugmore) . . . . . .163 



Four Crested Flycatchers, who Need to Have 



their Hair Brushed. {A. R. Dugmore) . 164 

 Time for these Young Phoebes to Leave the 



Nest. {A. R. Dugmore) . . .165 



Young Phoebes on a Bridge Trestle. {A. R. 



Dugmore) . . . . . .165 



Least Flycatchers in a Rose Bush. . .176 

 Nighthawk Resting in the Sunlight. {John 



Boyd) . . . . . . -177 



A Chimney Swift at Rest. (C. W. Beehe) . 180 

 Hummingbird Pumping Food into her Babies' 



Crops. {Julian Burroughs) . . .181 



Twin Ruby-throats. {Julian Burroughs) . 181 

 Our Little Friend Downy. {A. R. Dugmore) 192 

 The Red-headed Woodpecker. {C. W. Beehe) 193 

 The Sapsucker. {G. C Embody) . .198 



Baby FHckers Just Out of their Hole. (^4. R. 



Dugmore) ...... 199 



