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William Hamilton Gibson Frontispiece 



Initial. The Studio Door j> 



The Rose-bush Episode p 



A Corner of My Table 12 



An Animated Brush 14 



A Specimen in Three Stages 16 



The Studio Table 18 



Initial 23 



The European Cuckoo 24 



The Yellow-billed Cuckoo 26 



Browsing Kine 29 



A Greedy Foster-child 34 



The Yellow Warbler 44 



A Blighted Home 46 



The Normal Nest of the Yellow Warbler 47 



The Yellow Warbler at Home 49 



A Suspiciotts Nest of the Yellow Warbler jo 



The Nest Separated 32 



Initial jy 



The Door-step Arena, with its Pitfalls 60 



Fishing for Tigers >5 



