ILLUSTRATIONS 



Song Sparrow Family 



Frontispiece 



Taken, from a distance of about 75 yards, with an eight-inch 



lens 76 



Taken, from same distance as photograph on page 76, with 



same lens and telephoto attachment .... 79 



American Elk, Horns in Velvet 104 



Half-grown White-tailed Buck m 



White-tailed Deer. Doe 116 



Prairie Dog at Entrance to Burrow 124 



Cotton Mouse 125 



Fox Squirrel . . . . . • • • • .127 



Half-grown Woodchuck 130 



Porcupine feeding on Root 133 



Muskrat 134 



Little Brown Bat asleep 135 



Nest and Eggs of Ruffed Grouse 14° 



Nest and Eggs of Green Heron ...... 142 



Nest and Eggs of Spotted Sandpiper 143 



Nest and Eggs of Chestnut-sided Warbler in Low Bush . . 146 



Nest and Eggs of Kingbird 149 



Nest and Eggs of American Crow 152 



Bluebird's Nest and Eggs 155 



Entrance Holes to Bank Swallows' Nests . . . 157 



Nest of Bank Swallow 158 



Wild Turkey Hen 161 



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