LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PAUH 



Franklin's Rosy Gulls in flight. Cover picture. 



Herring Gull approaching nest (x 2) . . . Frontispiece 



Mounted Loons and Grebes ....... 2 



American Eared Grebe Colony ...... 7 



Other nests of the Eared Grebes . . . . . .10 



Franklin's Rosy Gull eating Eared Grebe's Eggs . . .14 

 Eared Grebe's by their nests . . . . . . .16 



Nest of Western Grebe . . . . . . . 17 



A Western Grebe-colony scene . . . . . .19 



A Western Grebe 20 



A group of Eared Grebes (x i-.V) . . . . . . 22 



A Western Grebe (x2) ........ 23 



Another Western Grebe (x2) 25 



Still another Western Grebe (x 3) . . . . .26 



Nest of Holboell's Grebe 28 



Nest of Pied-billed Grebe, or Dabchick ..... 30 



Covered nest of the Dabchick . . . . . . -31 



Nest and young of Horned Grebe . . . . . .34 



Nest and eggs of Horned Grebe . . . . . -35 



Floating nest of Loon . . . . . . . .43 



Nest of Loon on stony shore ....... 45 



Site of preceding Loon's nest ....... 46 



Nest of Loon out in lake 47 



Another view of preceding ....... 48 



View of Great Bird Rock 50 



Murres and Kittiwakes from the crate ... .54 



The city of the birds 56 



View of North Bird Rock from top of Great Bird Rock . . 57 



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