ILLUSTRATIONS 



Song Sparrow Family Frontispiece 



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Taken, from a distance of about 75 yards, with an eight-inch 



lens 76 



Taken, from same distance as photograph on page 76, with 



same lens and telephoto attachment .... 79 



American Elk, Horns in Velvet 104 



Half-grown White-tailed Buck in 



White-tailed Deer. Doe 116 



Prairie Dog at Entrance to Burrow . . . . .124 



Cotton Mouse 125 



Fox Squirrel 127 



Half-grown Woodchuck 130 



Porcupine feeding on Root 133 



Muskrat .......... 134 



Little Brown Bat asleep 135 



Nest and Eggs of Ruffed Grouse 140 



Nest and Eggs of Green Heron 142 



Nest and Eggs of Spotted Sandpiper 143 



Nest and Eggs of Chestnut-sided Warbler in Low Bush . .146 



Nest and Eggs of Kingbird 149 



Nest and Eggs of American Crow 152 



Bluebird's Nest and Eggs 155 



Entrance Holes to Bank Swallows' Nests . . . . 157 



Nest of Bank Swallow 158 



Wild Turkey Hen 161 



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