CONTENTS 



PAGES 



Jaeger Days 115-120 



Among the Phalaropes ........ 120-124 



The Nesting of the Ocean Wanderers ; visits to the breeding- 

 grounds of Leach's Petrel 124-129 



PART IV. THE WHITE-WINGED FLEET 

 Gulls and Terns 



Visits to Herring Gull Islands along the Atlantic Coast . . 130-139 

 Tern Colonies and Habits in the East ..... 139-144 

 Other Gulls on the Eastern Coasts ...... 144-146 



The "Enchanted Isles," North Dakota; colonies of Double- 

 crested Cormorants, Ring-billed Gulls and Common Terns 146-157 



A Great Colony of the Franklin's Rosy Gull ; breeding and other 



habits of the Black Tern; the American White Pelican . 157-169 



PART V. WILD FOWL OF WILD FOWL 

 Ducks and Geese 



A Tour in North Dakota among Breeding Ducks and Geese . 170-189 



Breeding of the Later Ducks on the Return Trip . . . 189-196 



Tree-nesting Ducks in North Dakota 196-200 



Subsequent Trip to North Dakota, and Further Discoveries . 201-206 



The Breeding-Habits of Ducks in the East, from the Magdalen 



Islands to Southern New England . . . . . 206-213 



Habits of the Wild-Fowl in Southern New England after the 

 Nesting Season ; gunning-stands and the fowl that visit the 

 ponds .......... 213-218 



Sea-coast Fowl; habits, modes of capture, migrations . . 218-224 



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