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23. Screech Owl 44 



Initial. Chickadee 47 



24. Chickadee on ground 49 



25. Chickadee taking piece of bread 50 



26. A bird in the hand 51 



27. Chickadee at nest hole 54 



28. Chickadee at nest hole 55 



29. A Chickadee family 58 



30. A Chickadee family 59 



Initial. Red-winged Blackbird 62 



31. Least Bittern's nesting site 64 



32. Least Bittern's nest and eggs 66 



33. Least Bittern mimicking surroundings .... 67 



34. Least Bittern mimicking surroundings .... 68 



35. Young Red-winged Blackbirds 71 



36. Least Bittern eating her eggs 73 



37. Least Bittern on nest . 74 



Initial. Where the Night Herons feed .... 76 



38. Five Night Herons' nests in swamp maple ... 79 



39. A view in the Heron rookery 80 



40. Night Heron feeding 81 



41. Young Night Herons in nest 82 



42. Young Night Herons leaving nest 83 



43. Young Night Herons on branches 84 



44. Great Blue Heron, nests and young 88 



Initial. Tree Swallows on wires 89 



45. Hackensack marshes in August 91 



46. Marsh mallows 93 



47. Wild rice 94 



48. Tree Swallows on wires 97 



49. Tree Swallows in tree 100 



50. Tree Swallows on wire and at pile 102 



51. Swallows in the road 104 



Initial. A corner of Penikese 106 



52. Nesting site, nest, and three eggs of Common Tern . .110 



53. Tern hovering above nest Ill 



54. Nest and eggs of Tern on upland 112 



