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THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAR. 



Plate 

 No. 



77. Bob-white. 

 17. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 

 15, 93. Marsh Hawk. 

 22. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 24. Downy Woodpecker. 



Hairy Woodpecker. 

 28. Chimney Swift. 

 30. Kingbird. 



Least Flycatcher. 

 38, 91. Bobolink. 

 36. Orchard Oriole. 

 35. Baltimore Oriole. 



Grasshopper Sparrow. 

 83. Indigo Bunting. 



Plate 

 No. 

 53. 



59, 



65. 

 64, 



Purple Finch. 

 White-eyed Vireo. 

 96. Red-eyed Vireo. 

 Warbling Vireo. 

 Yellow-throated Vireo. 

 Purple Martin. 

 Rough-winged Swallow. 

 Cliff Swallow. 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler. 

 Prairie Warbler. 

 Yellow-breasted Chat. 

 98. Maryland Yellow- 



throat. 

 Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



JUNE. 



After June 5 we may be reasonably sure that 

 every bird seen has, or has had, a nest in our vicinity. 

 Several of the birds which began nesting in April 

 for instance, the Phosbe, Song Sparrow, Robin, 

 and Bluebird will rear second broods in June, 

 while the young of other April nesting birds, such 

 as the Red-shouldered Hawk, Screech Owl, and 

 Crow, may not leave the nest until June. All 

 the birds that began nesting in May will still be 

 occupied with household affairs in June; and when 

 we add to these the late-breeding species which wait 

 for June before settling their domestic arrange- 

 ments, it will be seen that among birds June is the 

 home month of the year. 



Nest-building, egg-laying, incubating, and the 

 care of the young now make constant and excep- 

 tional demands on birds, who, in response, exhibit 



