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Black-Footed Albatross 235 



Albatrosses on Laysan Island before the Great Slaughter . . 243 



The Herring-Gull and Common Tern 251 



Six Recently Exterminated North American Birds 285 



Great Auk. Eskimo Curlew. Passenger Pigeon. Labrador 

 Duck. Pallas Cormorant. Carolina Parrakeet. 



Wild Ducks in the Wichita National Bison Range, 1913 .... 295 



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The Nighthawk 5 



Ruby-Throated Hummingbird 8 



Golden-Winged Woodpecker 14 



Red-Headed Woodpecker 17 



Downy Woodpecker 19 



Yellow-Billed Cuckoo 23 



The Belted Kingfisher 26 



Carolina Parrakeet 31 



Skeleton of a Bird of Prey (Bald Eagle) 35 



Barn Owl 38 



Barred Owls 41 



Screech Owl 43 



Young Screech Owls 45 



Great Horned Owl 47 



Young Great Horned Owls 48 



Snowy Owl 51 



