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LIST OF PLATES 
Plate 13.—Standing like a sentinel on a conspicuous perch close by. 
14.—She unfolds her great wings. 
15.—And precipitates herself into the air. 
16.—An Osprey as seen directly from behind (a). Her broad 
wings beat the air as she puts on the brakes (4). 
Photographed by H. H. Cleaves. 
17.—She raises her wings high above her back. 
18.—A few extra flaps as the bird gains her equilibrium. 
19.—She will stand beside her young for hours. 
20.—Round comes the bird well above the nest. 
21 —She swings gracefully in, as if about to settle. 
22.—She hovers, gazing apprehensively at the “ blind.” 
23.—She turns in the air and passes on. 
24.—Checks with her broad wings the momentum of her flight. 
25.—The pleasing glimpse of the barred under-surface of the 
wing (a). Immediately the chick seeks the cooling 
shelter of his mother’s breast (4). 
26. —Occasionally she holds her wings broadly outspread. 
27.--The gasping of the young is evidence of the intense heat. 
28.—Tears off morsels with her bill, which she gives to the little 
ones. Photographed by H. H. Cleaves. 
29 —They will look up to greet their mother. Phofographed by 
fT. H. Cleaves. 
30 —The male suddenly appeared with a fish in his talons (a). 
He released his hold on the fish with the hinder 
talon (4). 
31.—The female appeared and alighted beside her mate. 
32.—The telegraph-pole nest (a). A picturesque nest on a 
fence (0). 
