LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xix 



WOOD DUCK (Colored Plate) , Frontispiece 



PLATE I. The American Silkworm Moth, .... faces page 31 

 PLATE II. The Destructiveness of the Gipsy Moth, between pages 38 and 39 

 PLATE III. Expensive Work of destroying the Eggs of the 



Gipsy Moth in Woodland Parks, .... between pages 38 and 39 



PLATE IV. Red-eyed Vireo feeding Young, .... faces page 51 



PLATE V. Chickadee, with Insects in its Beak, . . . faces page 54 



PLATE VI. Field or Meadow Mouse, faces page 76 



PLATE VII. White-footed or Deer Mouse, .... faces page 76 



PLATE VIII. A Useful Mouse-eating Owl, .... faces page 78 



PLATE IX. Regurgitated Owl Pellets, faces page 80 



PLATE X. The Same Pellets, dissected, faces page 80 



PLATE XI. Albatrosses on Laysan Island, H. I., . . faces page 82 



PLATE XII. The Cecropia Moth, faces page 109 



PLATE XIII. Web of Tent Caterpillar, which had been 



attacked by Birds, faces page 118 



PLATE XIV. Various Stages of the Brown-tail Moth, . . faces page 137 



PLATE XV. Various Stages of the Gipsy Moth, . . . faces page 142 



PLATE XVI. General View of Georgetown Woodland, . . faces page 144 

 PLATE XVII. Pines, Oaks, and Other Trees, stripped by the 



Omnivorous Caterpillars of the Gipsy Moth, . . . faces page 144 



PLATE XVIII. Luna Moth, faces page 214 



PLATE XIX. Least Flycatcher on Nest, faces page 229 



PLATE XX. Downy Woodpecker at Nest Hole, . . . faces page 249 



PLATE XXL Ruffed Grouse on Nest, . . . . . faces page 267 



PLATE XXII. Ruffed Grouse, One Day old, .... faces page 268 



PLATE XXIII. Ruffed Grouse, Four Months old, . . . faces page 268 



PLATE XXIV. Ruffed Grouse, strutting, .... faces page 270 



PLATE XXV. Robin's Nest in Hollow Tree, .... faces page 283 



PLATE XXVI. Robin on Nest, faces page 289 



PLATE XXVII. Wren at Nest Hole, ..... faces page 293 



PLATE XXVIII. Chipping Sparrows feeding their Young, . faces page 304 



PLATE XXIX. American Woodcock, . . ... . faces page 336 



PLATE XXX. Nigh thawk, . . . . . . . faces page 341 



PLATE XXXI. Whip-poor-will, . ..- ... . . . faces page 341 



PLATE XXXII. A Swallow Roost, . . . ... faces page 343 



PLATE XXXIII. Nest Robbers, ... . . faces page 359 



PLATE XXXIV. Work which drives out the Birds, '. . faces page 360 



PLATE XXXV. Cat with Young Robin, ... " faces P a S e 362 



PLATE XXXVI. Barred Owl, . . . . ... faces page 367 



PLATE XXXVII. Blue Jay's Nest in Author's Grove, . . faces page 369 



PLATE XXXVIII. Fruits that are valuable as Bird Food, . faces page 375 



PLATE XXXIX. A Bountiful Repast, . - . . . faces page 378 



PLATE XL. A Scratching Shed, * ..... . faces page 378 



PLATE XLL Chickadee seen through Window, at Author's 



Home, .. ' ;' . ..... faces page 380 



