ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Young Long-cared Owls 66 



Young Screech Owl in position of defense 72 



Screech Owl 72 



"On it sat a Black-billed Cuckoo" 78 



Nest of Black-billed Cuckoo 80 



Young Black-billed Cuckoos in nest 80 



Kingfisher (adult) 82 



Young Kingfisher leaving nest-burrow 84 



Young Kingfishers 84 



"A Flicker stuck its head out of the nest-hole" . . . .90 



Flicker, or Yellow-hammer (female), feeding young in hole . . 90 



Family of Young Flickers 94 



Ned got the Hairy Woodpecker 98 



Downy Woodpecker attracted by suet . . . . . .98 



Downy Woodpecker .98 



Whippoorwill on nest . . . . . . . .106 



Young Whippoorwills in nest 106 



Nighthawk 108 



Young Nighthawks 108 



Nighthawk on eggs, alarmed 110 



Nighthawk by her eggs 110 



Hummer "in the midst of the feeding comedy" . . . .116 



Humming Bird incubating 116 



Hummer and young ......... 120 



Young Hummers in nest 120 



Kingbird on nest ......... 124 



Kingbird scolding 126 



The entire Kingbird family 126 



Phoebe and her new husband in the garden .... 130 



Phcebe on nest 130 



Snapshot of Wood Pewee 134 



Young Least Flycatcher 134 



The Alder Flycatcher 136 



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