List of Illustrations 



FACING PAGE 



RUFFED GROUSE ON NEST . . . . . . .18 



YOUNG REDSTARTS, DAY OF LEAVING NEST . . .18 



YOUNG RED-EYED VIREOS READY TO LEAVE NEST . . 22 

 YOUNG YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, TWENTY-FOUR HOURS 



BEFORE LEAVING NEST 22 



MALE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, ONE YEAR OLD, TAKING 



SUN BATH 27 



BOB-WHITE'S NEST FULL OF EGGS (COLOUR) ... 36 

 NEST AND EGGS OF BOBOLINK, ON THE GROUND IN A 



MEADOW 40 



PLATE B : COMMON EGGS (COLOUR) 44 



NEST AND EGGS OF FIELD SPARROW, ON GROUND IN FIELD 



OF DEAD GRASS 46 



SONG SPARROW'S NEST 48 



NEST AND EGGS OF BROWN THRASHER .... 50 



NEST OF BROWN THRASHER ON THE GROUND ... 50 



NEST AND EGGS OF RUFFED GROUSE .... 52 



NEST OF THE WORM-EATING WARBLER IN A BANK . . 64 

 NEST OF BLUE-WINGED WARBLER ON GROUND IN DAMP 



SCRUB ......... 66 



NEST OF MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT (COLOUR) . . 68 



NEST AND EGGS OF MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT . . 70 



NEST OF WILSON'S THRUSH (COLOUR) .... 72 



MEADOW-LARK'S ARCHED NEST 74 



NEST AND EGGS OF GRASSHOPPER, OR YELLOW-WINGED, 



SPARROW 74 



