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"Wood Duck (Colored Plate) , Frontispiece 



Plate I. — The American Silkworm Moth, .... faces page 31 

 Plate II. — The Destructiveness of the Gipsy Moth, between pages 38 and 39 

 Plate III. — Expensive Work of destroying tlie Eggs of the 



Gipsy Motli in Woodland Parks, .... between pa: 

 Plate IV. — Red-eyed Vireo feeding Young, 

 Plate V. — Chickadee, with Insects in its Beak, 

 Plate VI. — Field or Meadow Mouse, 

 Plate VII. — White-footed or Deer Mouse, 

 Plate VIII. — A Useful Mouse-eating Owl, 

 Plate IX. — Regurgitated Owl Pellets, 

 Plate X. — The Same Pellets, dissected, . 

 Plate XI. — Albatrosses on Laysan Island, H. I., 

 Plate XII. — The Cecropia Moth, .... 

 Plate XIII.— Web of Tent Caterpillar, which had __ 



attacked by Birds, faces page 118 



Plate XIV. — Various Stages of the Brown-tail Moth, . . faces page 1.37 



Plate XV. — Various Stages of the Gipsy Moth, . . . faces page 142 



Plate XVI. — General View of Georgetown Woodland, . . faces page 144 

 Plate XVII. — Pines, Oaks, and Other Trees, stripped by the 



Omnivorous Caterpillars of the Gipsy Moth, . . . faces page 144 



Plate XVIII. — Luna Moth, faces page 214 



Plate XIX. — Least Flycatcher on Nest, faces page 229 



Plate XX. — Downy Woodpecker at Nest Hole, . . . faces page 249 



Plate XXI. — Ruffed Grouse on Nest, faces page 267 



Plate XXII. — Ruffed Groiise, One Day old, .... faces page 268 



Plate XXIII. — Ruffed Grouse, Four Months old, . . . faces page 268 



Plate XXIV. — Ruffed Grouse, strutting, .... faces page 270 



Plate XXV. — Robin's Nest in Hollow Tree, .... faces page 283 



Plate XXVI. -^ Robin on Ne.st, faces page 289 



Plate XXVII.— Wren at Nest Hole, faces page 293 



Plate XXVIII. — Chipping Si)arrows feeding tlieir Young, . faces page 304 



Plate XXIX. — American Woodcock, faces page 3.36 



Plate XXX. — Nighthawk, faces page 341 



Plate XXXI. — Whip-poor-will, faces page 341 



Plate XXXII. — A Swallow Roost, faces page 343 



Plate XXXIII. — Nest Robbers, . . . . . ... faces page 359 



Plate XXXIV. — Work which drives out the Birds, . . faces page 360 



Plate XXXV. — Cat with Yomig Robm, faces page 362 



Plate XXXVI. — Barred Owl, faces page 367 



Plate XXXVII. — Blue Jay's Nest m Author's Grove, . . faces page 369 



Plate XXXVIII. — Fruits that are valuable as Bird Food, . faces page 375 



Plate XXXIX. — A Bountiful Repast, faces page 378 



Plate XL. — A Scratching Shed, faces page 378 



Plate XLI. — Chickadee seen through Window, at Author's 



Home, faces page 380 



