LIST OF PLATES. 



The greater part of the illustrations in this report have been copied (some alterations as to 

 positions, etc., have been made in nearly all) from the small edition of "Audubon's Birds of 

 America." By copying from said work which is regarded by competent critics as containing 

 many of the finest portrayals of birds that have ever been published, the cost (ten to twenty-five 

 dollars per plate) of original drawings was saved. The birds most of the smaller species are 

 about two-thirds or one-half the natural size ; in larger species the reductions are greatei* have 

 been colored from specimens in the author's collection, or from those kindly loaned to him by 

 Prof. Robert Ridgway, Curator Department of Birds, United States National Museum, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Notwithstanding the fact that the " order to print " restricted the number of 

 colors, the lithographer has, with the most careful efforts, succeeded in doing his work so ac- 

 curately, that with a very few exceptions the reproductions are superior to the originals. 



Plates. 



1. Figures illustrating terms used in descriptions. 



2. Horned Grebe (Colymbus auritus). 



3. Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus). 



4. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). 



5. American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus). 



6. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax ncwius). 



7. Sora (Porzana Carolina). 



8. American Coot (Fulica americina). 



9. Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata). 



10. Solitary Sandpiper (Totanus solitaries). 



11. Killdeer (^gialitis vocifera). 



12. Bob-white or Partridge (Colinus virginianus). 



13. Marsh Hawk (Circus hudsonius). 



U. Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox). 



15. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo borealis). 



16. -Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo latissimus). 

 Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius). 



17. Barn Owl (Strix pratincola). 



18. Screech Owl (Megascops asio). 



19 . G reat Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) . 

 Yellow-throated Vireo ( Vireo flavifrons) 

 Blue-winged Warbler (Helminthophila pinus). 



20 . Belted Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon ) . 



21. Red-headed Woodpecker ( Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 



22. Flicker (Colaptes auratus). 



23. Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus). 

 Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) . 



24. Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus}. 



25. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). 



26. Bobolink or Reedbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). 



27. Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phceniceus). 



28. Meadowlark (Sturnella magna). 



29. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula). 



30. Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus). 

 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella socialis). 

 Song Sparrow (Melospiza fasciata). 



81. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis). 



Pine Finch (Spinus pinus). 



Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca). 

 32. Vesper Sparrow (Pooccetes gramineus). 



Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla). 



Yellow-winged Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum passerinus). 



