LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Franklin's Rosy Gulls in flight. Cover picture. 



Herring Gull approaching nest (x 2) . . . Frontispiece 



Mounted Loons and Grebes . . . ! . ... 2 



American Eared Grebe Colony . , . . . . 7 



Other nests of the Eared Grebes . . . . . . 10 



Franklin's Rosy Gull eating Eared Grebe's Eggs . . .14 

 Eared Grebe's by their nests . . . . . . .16 



Nest of Western Grebe . . . . . . . . 17 



A Western Grebe-colony scene . . . . . . 19 



A Western Grebe ... . . . . . 20 



A group of Eared Grebes (x i-J-) . . . . . . 22 



A Western Grebe (x2) . . '. . . . . .23 



Another Western Grebe (x 2) .. . . . 25 



Still another Western Grebe (x 3) . . . .26 



Nest of Holboell's Grebe . . ... 28 

 Nest of Pied-billed Grebe, or Dabchick . . . 30 



Covered nest of the Dabchick 31 



Nest and young of Horned Grebe 34 



Nest and eggs of Horned Grebe .... . . . 35 



Floating nest of Loon . ... . . . .43 



Nest of Loon on stony shore . 45 



Site of preceding Loon's nest 46 



Nest of Loon out in lake . . . . . -47 



Another view of preceding .. . . . . . . 4 8 



View of Great Bird Rock . 50 



Murres and Kittiwakes from the crate ... -54 



The city of the birds . : - ... 56 



View of North Bird Rock from top of Great Bird Rock . . 57 



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