8 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XXI. The Cedar Birds : with Notes on Where Birds Lay Their 



Eggs (Ampelida>: Turdus: Vireo: etc.] . . . 291 



XXII. The American Warblers and Sparrows (Mniotittidce and Fringil- 



. . . . . .317 



XXIII. The Yellow-breasted Chat; Cat-birds; and the Oven-bird 



(Icteria virens ; Galeoscoptes carolinensis ; and Siurus 

 auricapillus) ...... 340 



XXIV. The Common Opossum and Its Kin (DidelpJiys virginiana) 364 

 XXV. W hales and Manatees (Cetacea: Sirenia) . . . 374 



XXVI. The Flying Squirrel and Its Relatives (Family Sciuridce) . 399 



XXVII. The Deer Mouse, with Notes on other Rodents (Peromyscus leu- 



copus: Rodentia} . . . . . . 415 



XXVIII. Bats and Their Habits (Chiroptera) . . .427 



XXIX. Museums and Their Uses : with some Observations on Tax- 



idermy . . . 442 



