ILLUSTRATIONS XXV1I 
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OREGON JAY. ‘‘ Not a single blue feather” 328 
CLARKE NUTCRACKER .-.-.-.-.-.-:. . . To face page 329 
WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE. ‘‘ Impaling their prey on thorns ” Buys 
Pyeomy Nuruwarcu. ‘‘ Both birds worked busily carrying feathers” 347 
PLAIN Tirmovuse. ‘‘ Busily carrying short hair, feathers, and 
woo] ” 349 
MounrTAIN CHICKADEE. ‘‘ The birds were very fearless ”’ 352 
BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER. ‘‘ He was a bewitching little gray 
ball of feathers ”’ 359 
CaBANIS WoopPECKER. ‘‘ Both sexes share the labors of excavat- 
ing” ar : ARG : . 3862 
WHITE-HEADED WooDPECKER. ‘‘ Where the bark is thickest and 
roughest ”’ seuss Ws oer 367 
NorRTHERN PILEATED Wooppecker. ‘‘ After a few trials he 
learns to hammer right merrily ”’ 374 
CALIFORNIAN WOODPECKER. .... . . . To face page 376 
WHITE-THROATED Swirr. ‘‘ Its nesting site is the most inaccessi- 
ble cliff” 380 
Bopouink. ‘‘ While his demure sweetheart listens ” 392 
Pee OMOPMPUAS ey ts; < ww be= @.-2 oa S2O Jaee page 398 
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. ‘‘ They lean away over to 
peer under every leaf” 403 
Biack Swirr. ‘‘ While flying swiftly through the air” 404 
BLack-cHINNED Huminepirp. “ Lit daintily a few inches away” 418 
ANNA HumMiNGpirRD. ‘‘ Upon a wire clothes-line, and squeaking 
right merrily” ye ee x 424 
CaLuiopE HumMincsirp. ‘“‘ It feeds upon the painted cups” 432 
NorTHERN VIOLET-GREEN SwaLLtow. ‘It is a lover of pine 
woods and mountain forests” . 446 
Gray Vrreo.- ‘‘ The best songster of all the vireos ” 454 
RuBy-CROWNED KinGuer. ‘‘ Only an expert climber can hope to 
peep into one” 461 
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER. ‘‘ The mother watched the attempt 
to drink the sweet syrup”. 463 
VERMILION FiycarcHer. ‘‘ Pouring out his joy” 467 
San Dizco Rep-wincep Brackpinp. ‘‘ A spirit of reckless 
daring”. 472 
