CONTENTS 



PAGES 



Jaeger Days . . . . ... ."' .115-120 



Among the Phalaropes . . . . . . . . . 120-124 



The Nesting of the Ocean Wanderers ; visits to the breeding- 

 grounds of Leach's Petrel . . . . . . . 124-129 



PART IV. THE WHITE-WINGED FLEET 



Gulls and Terns 



Visits to Herring Gull Islands along the Atlantic Coast . . 130-139 

 Tern Colonies and Habits in the East . . . ... "i . . 139-144 



Other Gulls on the Eastern Coasts . . . . . "..;. . 144-146 



The "Enchanted Isles," North Dakota; colonies of Double- 

 crested Cormorants, Ring-billed Gulls and Common Terns 146-157 



A Great Colony of the Franklin's Rosy Gull ; breeding and other 



. habits of the Black Tern ; the American White Pelican . 157-169 



PART y. WILD FOWL OF WILD FOWL 

 Ducks and Geese 



A Tour in North Dakota among Breeding Ducks and Geese . 170-189 



Breeding of the Later Ducks on the Return Trip . " ' . '. 189-196 



Tree-nesting Ducks in North Dakota . . . . . 196-200 



Subsequent Trip to North Dakota, and Further Discoveries . 201-206 



The Breeding-Habits of Ducks in the East, from the Magdalen 



Islands to Southern New England , : ; . . . 206-213 



Habits of the Wild-Fowl in Southern New England after the 

 Nesting Season ; gunning-stands and the fowl that visit the 

 ponds . . , . . . * .. . . . 213-218 



Sea-coast Fowl ; habits, modes of capture, migrations ; . 218-224 



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