LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Mountain Billy under the Gnatcatcher's Oak . Frontispiece 



Our Valley 4 



Head of Black-headed Grosbeak ..... 8 



Head of Rose-breasted Grosbeak . . . . . 8 

 In Hot Pursuit (Brewer's Blackbird and Bee-birds) . 13 



The Little Lover (Western House Wren) .... 20 

 A Trying- Moment (Western House Wren) ... 32 



Nest of Western Gnatcatcher ...... 39 



Head of California Woodpecker 66 



Head of Red-headed Woodpecker (Eastern) . . .66 

 Jacob and Bairdi visiting- the Old Nest Tree ... 78 



Head of Arizona Hooded Oriole ..... 89 



Head of Baltimore Oriole (Eastern) .... 89 



Head of California Chewink . ... . .93 



Head of Eastern Chewink . . . . . . 93 



Valley Quail and Road-runner .99 



Nest of the Bush-tit . . . .... 104 



Pocket Nest in an Oak 108 



The Big Sycamore ........ 114 



Along the Line of Sycamores ...... 124 



Head of Black Phoebe ....... 129 



Head of Eastern Phoabe 129 



The Little Hummer 011 her Bow-knot Nest . . . 148 

 The Swing Nest of the Hummer ..... 157 



A Shady Bower 160 



Head of Green-tailed Chewink .163 



The Nosebag Nest (Vigors's Wren) . . . . 173 

 The Plain Titmouse in her Doorway ..... 176 

 Which was the Mother Bird ? (Wren-tit and Lazuli Bunt- 

 ings) 189 



The Phainopeplas on the Pepper-tree .... 194 



