LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Franklin's Rosy Gulls in flight. Cover picture. 



Herring Gull approaching nest (x 2) . . Frontispiece 



Mounted Loons and Grebes ....... 2 



American Eared Grebe Colony ...... 7 



Other nests of the Eared Grebes . . . . . .10 



Franklin's Rosy Gull eating Eared Grebe's Eggs . . .14 

 Eared Grebe's by their nests . . . . . . .16 



Nest of Western Grebe . . . . . . . -17 



A Western Grebe-colony scene . . . . . 19 



A Western Grebe ......... 20 



A group of Eared Grebes (x i-|) . . . . . . 22 



A Western Grebe (x2) ........ 23 



Another Western Grebe (x2) . . . . . 2 5 



Still another Western Grebe (x 3) . . . . .26 



Nest of Holboell's Grebe . . . . . . .28 



Nest of Pied-billed Grebe, or Dabchick ..... 30 



Covered nest of the Dabchick . . . . . . .31 



Nest and young of Horned Grebe . . .... 34 



Nest and eggs of Horned Grebe . . . . . 35 



Floating nest of Loon ........ 43 



Nest of Loon on stony shore . . ... .. . .45 



Site of preceding Loon's nest ....... 46 



Nest of Loon out in lake ....... 47 



Another view of preceding ....... 48 



View of Great Bird Rock . . . . . . -5 



Murres and Kittiwakes from the crate ... - . 54 

 The city of the birds ........ 56 



View of North Bird Rock from top of Great Bird Rock . . 57 



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