LIST OF HALF-TONE PLATES 



FACING PAGE 



CROW ON NEST 6 



BLUE-WINGED WARBLER ALIGHTING TO FEED HER YOUNG . 10 



YOUNG FLICKERS ON DAY OF LEAVING NEST ... 20 



WINTER VISITORS : REDPOLLS 28 



YOUNG KINGFISHERS 36 



CRACKLE'S NEST AND YOUNG 46 



YELLOWBIRD'S NEST, SHOWING COWBIRD'S EGG ... 50 

 BROTHER AND SISTER ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, Two 



WEEKS OLD 60 



ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, Six DAYS OLD ... 60 



YOUNG CRESTED FLYCATCHERS WITH HAIR STANDING ON END 74 



YOUNG MOCKING-BIRD 82 



HUNGRY YOUNG MOCKING-BIRDS 82 



A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER FAMILY 90 



THE WOOD THRUSH HEARS THE CLICK OF THE CAMERA . 124 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS THE DAY BEFORE LEAVING NEST . 140 



FIELD SPARROW BABIES 152 



MOTHER OVENBIRD IN NEST ; A BABY BIRD ON IT . . 180 



THE ROBIN'S MUD-WALLED NURSERY 224 



