LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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CEDAR - BIRD ....... 102 



THE NEW CABIN : 103 



MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT .... 104 



RED -WINGED BLACKBIRDS .... 104 



BROWN THRUSH ...... 105 



SWAMP SONG -SPARROW 106 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE 107 



BELTED KINGFISHER, WATCHING . . . 109 

 KINGFISHER, STRIKING . . . . .110 

 KINGFISHER, LIFTING His CATCH . .111 



" THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM GREW LESS 



QUITE RAPIDLY" 114 



"HERMIT, YOU ARE OUT" .... 117 



" IT CARRIES ITS VICTIM BY THE MIDDLE" 125 



MOLE 131 



KINGBIRD 141 



RUFFED GROUSE 145 



"THE NEXT SENTINEL TAKES UP THE CALL" 151 



"I SHOT TWO DUCKS" 158 



COOT'S HEAD 159 



CHICKADEE ....... 173 



"I THREW A BIT OF COOKIE TO HER" . 174 



ENGLISH SPARROW ...... 186 



SPARROW 189 



" FOUND HIS OWLSHIP ON A LOW LIMB" . 191 



OWL CHASED 193 



YELLOW -BELLIED WOODPECKER . . . 196 



" HE COILED AROUND MY ARM " . . 202 



