LiST OF ILLUSTKATIONS. 



FULL-PAGE PLATES. 



TO FACE PAGE 



BOB-WHITE Frontispiece. 



COLOR CHART ... 39 



PIED-BILLED GREBE AND YOUNG 57 



HEADS OF DUCKS 97 



LITTLE BLUE HERONS 135 



CLAPPER KAIL 140 



WOODCOCK AND YOUNG 153 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER AND YOUNG 169 



RUFFED GROUSE AND YOUNG . . 181 



SPARROW HAWK AND YOUNG 211 



HAIRY WOODPECKER; YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKEE . . . 229 



WHIP-POOR-WILL 237 



LEAST FLYCATCHER; PHOEBE 245 



BOBOLINK 262 



MEADOWLARK . 265 



WHITE-THROATED SPARROW ; WHITE-CR'OWNED SPARROW . . 300 



SONG SPARROW; SWAMP SPARROW 306 



YELLOW-THROATED VIREO ; WARBLING VIREO .... 330 



LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH 368 



WOOD THRUSH; WILSON'S THRUSH 395 



FIGURES IN THE TEXT. 



FIGURE PAGE 



1. A completed birdskin 28 



2. Topography of a bird 33 



3. (a) Spotted, (b) streaked, (c) barred, (d) margined feathers . 34 



4. Rule showing inches and tenths 37 



5. Feet of (a) Pied-billed Grebe, (6) Loon, (c) Puffin ... 41 



6. (a) Bill of Parasitic Jaeger ; (b) bill and foot of Laughing Gull 41 



7. Bill of Common Tern 42 



8. Bill of Skimmer , 42 



