CONTENTS. IX 



XI. THE IDYL OF AN EMPTY LOT 192 



Night Hawk. Chordeiles virginianus. 



English Sparrow. Passer domesticus. 



Thrasher. Harporhynchus rufus. 



Junco. Junco hyemalis. 



White-throat Sparrow. Zonotrickia albicollis. 



Ruby -crowned Kinglet. Begulus calendula. 



Hermit Thrush. Turdus aonalaschlcce pallasii. 



IN THE BIRD-ROOM. 



XII. THE SOLITAIRE 205 



Clarin. Myadestes obscurus. 



Blue Jay. Cyanocitta cristata. 



Brazilian Cardinal. 



Mountain Whistler. Siffleur montagne. 



Trembleur. 



Townsend's Fly-catching Thrush. Myadestes 



Townsendii. 



XIII. INCOMPATIBILITY IN THE ORIOLE FAMILY . . .227 

 Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurious. 

 Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. 



