LIST OF HALF-TONE PLATES 



FACING PAGE 



FLYING SKIMMERS 32 



CORMORANTS 33 



A "RICK" OF BLACKHEADS 48 



A FLOCK OF WHITE IBIS 49 



WOODCOCK HIDING 160 



SHOOTING RED-BREASTED SNIPE ON THE SOUTHERN COAST 161 



BABY MOUNTAIN PLOVER "LYING Low" . . . 176 



NEST OF MOUNTAIN PLOVER . . . . 177 



GOOD QUAIL COUNTRY ...... 256 



DUSKY GROUSE ON NEST ...... 257 



CANADA GROUSE ABOVE THE Fox's REACH . . . 272 



YOUNG RUFFED GROUSE DURING RAIN-STORM IDAHO . 273 



THE DOVE'S BADLY REGULATED NURSERY . . . 289 



TURKEY BUZZARD SAILING ABOVE FLORIDA PALMS . 290 



OSPREY'S HOME 304 



BARRED OWL 305 



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