LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Ring-billed Gulls by their nests 151 



Ring-billed Gull incubating . . . . . . . 152 



Ring-billed Gulls on Rocks . . . . . 153 



Young Common Tern . . . . . . . 155 



Common Tern coming to her eggs . . . . . .156 



The same Tern incubating . . . . . . .156 



Young Ring-billed Gull . . . . . . . -157 



Franklin's Rosy Gull colony . r . . . . .160 



Nest of Franklin's Gull 161 



Pair of Franklin's Gulls on their nest 162 



Scene in Franklin's Gull colony 164 



Franklin's Gull and chick . . . . . . .165 



Nest of Black Tern 166 



Typical Dakota slough 173 



Nest of Canvasback . . . . . . . .176 



Nest of Canada Goose . . . . . . . .178 



A Mallard drake 181 



Nest of Mallard drake ........ 182 



Nest of Redhead 183 



Another view of Mallard drake . . . . . .184 



Nesting-site of Canvasback . . . . . . .188 



Nest of Lesser Scaup Duck 192 



Nest of White-winged Scoter . . . . . . 193 



A Scoter detained by her nest 195 



Nesting-site of American Golden-eye . . . . 197 



Golden-eye's nest in stub . . . . . . .198 



Young Shovelers in their nest . . . . . .202 



Nest of Ruddy Duck 203 



Nest of Redhead 204 



The same nest, showing surroundings ..... 204 

 Nest of Canvasback with egg of Ruddy Duck . . .205 

 A Magdalen Islands' morass where Ducks breed . . . 207 



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