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THE OPOSSUM WILL DESTROY BIRDS AND EGGS* . 58 

 AMERICAN SONG BIRDS KILLED BY ITALIANS . 66 



From a photograph by Wilbur Smith 



A SNAPPING TURTLE DESTROYED FIFTEEN YOUNG 



WOOD DUCKS 74 



From a photograph by E. A. Quarles 



THIS BULL FROG COULD SWALLOW A YOUNG 



WATERFOWL* ...... 74 



MONUMENT TO THE SEA GULLS IN SALT LAKE 



CITY 84 



Designed by Mahonri Young 



THE GREAT HORNED OWL DESTROYS MANY BIRD 



ENEMIES* 92 



SCREECH OWL AND ITS HOME-MADE BIRD HOUSE* . 100 



STOMACH CONTENTS OF A MEADOW LARK: FOUR- 

 TEEN CUTWORMS, THIRTY-SIX BEETLES . 108 



From a photograph by Harold C. Bryant 



A BARN OWL'S SCRAP HEAP: BONES OF MICE, 



BUT NO FEATHERS . . . . .108 



From a photograph by Thomas H. Jackson 



ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE REDPOLLS AND 



PINE SISKINS AS GUESTS* . . . .116 



MARTIN HOUSE IN A MERIDEN GARDEN* . .116 

 GROUSE BURROW IN THE SNOW* . . .122 



A FEEDING STATION WHERE THE "BIRD MASQUE" 



WAS STAGED* 130 



QUAIL SAVED FROM STARVATION BY HIGH-SCHOOL 



BOYS ....... 130 



From a photograph by John Tresilian 



