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Figure 8. A side view of the Black-billed Cuckoo on her nest. 



Figure 9. Nest of Whip-poor-will with a young Whip-poor-will, of part of 



the shell it came from and of an unhatched egg. 

 Figure 10. A view of the two young Whip-poor-wills, showing difference 



in size, caused by about twenty-one hours difference in age. 

 Figure 11. Female Whip-poor-will brooding in a pen place around the 



nest. 

 Figure 12. Whip-poor-will lengthwise on a log, resembling a knot. 

 Figure 13. Bobolink's nest in a clump of swamp grass. One side of the 



clump of gi-ass is cut away to expose the nest. 

 Figure 14. Nest of a Maryland Yellow-throat with two Cowbird eggs. 

 Figure 15. Field Sparrow's nest and eggs. 

 Figure 16. Female Whip-poor-will brooding. The two young have their 



heads out in front. They are in a box placed around them after she 



had coaxed the 3'oung away from the first pen. 

 Figure 17. Phoebe's nest with young. 

 Figure 18. Nest of a Meadowlark. 

 Figure 19. The same nest with the grass pushed aside so as to expose 



the eggs. 

 Figure 20. The nest of a Scarlet Tanager. It was on a horizontal limb 



of a red oak, placed about six feet from the trunk of the tree and 



about twelve feet from the ground. 

 Figure 21. The nest and young of a Summer Warbler. The nest was in 



a wild rose bush. 

 Figure 22. The nest and three eggs of a Maryland Yellow-throat and one 



of a Cowbird. 

 Figure 23. One young Cowbird, two young Maryland Yellow-throats and 



one egg of the Maryland Yellow-throat. 

 Figure 24. One surviving j'oung Maryland Yellow-throat and the young 



Cowbird. Same nest as in Fig. 22. 

 Figure 25. The young Maryland Yellow-throat pushed upon the edge of 



the nest by the Cowbird, while the Cowbird comfortably fills the nest. 



Same nest as in Figs. 22 and 24. 

 Figure 26. The nest and eggs of a Yellow-breasted Chat. The nest is 



situated in the fork of a bush about two and one-half feet from the 



gi'ound. 

 Figure 27. The nest and eggs of a Catbird. The nest was in a bush at 



the edge of a swamp. 



