CONTENTS. 



Vll 



Great Carolina wren. Thryothorus Ludovi- 

 cianus. 



XVI. THE APPLE-TREE NEST 183 



Orchard oriole. Icteria spurious. 



XVII. CEDAR-TREE LITTLE FOLK 194 



Mourning 1 dove. Zenaidura macroura. 



BESIDE THE GREAT SALT LAKE. 



XVIII. IN A PASTURE 207 



Louisiana tanager. Piranga ludoviciana. 

 Green-tailed towhee. Pipilo chlorurus. 

 Magpie. Pica pica Hudsonica. 



XIX. THE SECRET OF THE WILD ROSE PATH . . . 231 

 Long-tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda. 

 Western robin. Merula migratoria propinqua. 

 Black-headed grosbeak. Habia melanoceph- 

 ala. 



XX. ON THE LAWN 259 



Lazuli-painted finch. Passerina amcena. 

 Broad-tailed humming-bird. Trochilus pla- 



tycercus. 

 House sparrow. Passer domesticus. 



