ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING PAGE 



Nighthawk leaving nest near foot of weed 94 



Nighthawk nesting on low rock in open field 94 



White-Eyed Vireo delivering a large contract 102 



White-Eyed Vireo " frozen " at nest , 102 



Long-Billed Marsh Wren at nest . : : 108 



Virginia Rail on nest 108 



Breeding Royal and Cabot's Terns, Louisiana Reservation . 116 



Chickadee at lunch-counter 128 



White-Breasted Nuthatch, attracted by suet 128 



Entire Kingbird family at nest 132 



Flock of Pine Grosbeaks near house 132 



Young Broad-Winged Hawks 142 



Great Horned Owl incubating 142 



Young Red-Tailed Hawk 150 



Sharp-Shinned Hawk 150 



Breeding colony of Royal and Cabot's Terns, Louisiana . . 158 



Scoters, or " Sea-Coots," migrating 164 



Turnstones 164 



Nest of Whip-poor-will 184 



Whip-poor-will on nest 184 



Young Phoebes 188 



Song Sparrow finally caught leaving nest 188 



Broad- Winged Hawk entering nest 194 



Kittiwake nesting on cliff, Great Bird Rock 204 



Sooty Tern incubating, Florida Keys ........ 204 



Bittern on the beach assuming the hiding pose 210 



Bittern on nest defying the photographer 210 



