MAYS 1904 

 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Wood-thrush family photographed thirty feet from the ground. 



The young are ready to leave their nest . . . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Woodcock on its nest. The photograph was made with a 

 premo lens, ray-filter, isochromatic plate ; exposure forty 

 seconds. Made during a heavy shower 22 



Young blue jays getting ready to leave their nest . . , . 24 



Oven-bird's nest 26 



Long-billed marsh-wren's nest 28 



Nest of downy woodpecker. A hole was cut in the branch 



in order to show the position of the eggs ..... 32 



Young crows in nest 38 



Wood-thrush on its nest. Exposure about four seconds with 



single combination of Goertz lens 42 



Worm-eating warbler and young. Illustrating the tameness of 



a comparatively rare bird 48 



Blue-winged warbler and her young 50 



Chipping sparrow feeding its young 50 



Worm-eating warbler family 52 



Indigo-bird about to feed her young 54 



Indigo-bird feeding her young 54 



Field-sparrow feeding its young 56 



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