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FIG. 23. The white sacs which are removed from the nest are im- 

 paled against the bark of trees . . . . .41 



FIG. 24. Scenes on the stage above nest. Wren scolding or 



"turning on the alarm" . . . .- .42 



FIG. 25. Serving a large moth minus wings . .. . . .42 



FIG. 26. The grasshopper in this instance was only partially dis- 

 membered ......... 42 



FIG. 27. With tail cocked, the Wren prepares to descend to the 



nest . . . . . . . . .42 



FIG. 28. Successive positions assumed by Wren in descending to 



the nest. In this case the prey was a spider . . 43 



FIG. 29. The same bird has secured a grasshopper . . . 43 



FIG. 30. The spider or other insect was not in every case dis- 

 membered .......... 43 



FIG. 3 1 . Young Wren ready to fly; from a nest which was removed 



nearly eight hundred feet from its original position . 43 



FIG. 32. Tent in swamp, fronting Redwing Blackbird's nest shown 



in Figs. 33 and 34 44 



FIG. 33. Male Redwing Blackbird feeding a nestling ... 45 



FIG. 34. Female "bristling," while shielding the young on morn- 

 ing of a hot day. July n, 1900 ..... 46 



FIG. 35. Baltimore Oriole inspecting her young after feeding them . 48 



FIG. 36. Unequal contest between Kingbirds and a dragon-fly. 



This insect was crushed and served up piecemeal . 50 



FIG. 37. Kingbirds serving a dragon-fly, whose wings and stick- 

 like body are seen protruding from the mouth of one 

 of the young . . . . . . . 5 1 



FIG. 38. Female Warbling Vireo bringing large immature dragon- 

 fly to nest 53 



FIG. 39. Kingbird eighteen days old, with power of flight well 



developed. July 13, 1900 ...... 54 



Spotted Sandpiper at birth, resting on note-book. (See 



Record of Observations, p. 70) . . . . -55 



FIG. 40. The tools of bird-photography tent folded for carriage, 



cameras, and plate-bag . . . . . . 58 



FIG. 41. Closing scene in the home-life of a Chebec family, shortly 



after which the young were on wing . . . . 61 



FIG. 42. Observation tent on raised platform and white photo- 

 graphic screen for studying a nest of the Red-eyed 

 Vireo in its natural position. Northfield, N. H., July 

 2, 1902 ......... 64 



FIG. 43. Flicker, probably the female, at entrance of nest where 



she is met by a nestling whose bill only is shown . 67 



FIG. 44. Brown Thrush entering her nest ..... 69 



