ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLOR PLATES 



Victims of the Feather Trade . Frontispiece 



Cock-of-the-Rock. Greater Bird of Paradise. Resplendent 

 Trogon. Snowy Egret. Scarlet Ibis. 



FACING PAGE 



The Passenger Pigeon 86 



Roseate Spoonbills in Full Color 162 



The Emperor Penguin 274 



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The Condor of the Andes 81 



Mourning Dove 93 



Pinnated Grouse, or Prairie Chicken 113 



Willow Ptarmigan 121 



The Mallard Duck 169 



The Pintail Duck 181 



Red-Breasted Merganser 197 



Trumpeter Swans 209 



Florida Brown Pelicans, on Pelican Island 215 



California Brown Pelican 219 



The Cormorant 223 



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