ILLUSTRATIONS 



A BIRD GARDEN . . . . . . . Colored Frontispiece 



From a drawing by Amy M. Sacker 



BLUEBIRDS, MALE AND FEMALE 4 



From a drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



ROBIN SINGING 16 



From a drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN AT NEST 26 



INSIDE OF HOUSE WREN'S NESTING-BOX .... 26 

 YOUNG GREEN HERONS IN NEST SO 



TWO-STORIED NEST OF YELLOW WARBLER, SHOWING COW- 

 BIRD'S EGG SEALED IN LOWER STORY 30 



A WREN MOTHER AND HER FAMILY ..... 38 



MOTHER WORKS WHILE FATHER SINGS. PAIR OF HOUSE 

 WRENS 38 



BALTIMORE ORIOLES, MALE AND FEMALE .... 46 

 From a drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



TOWHEE, OR CHEWINK, MALE AND FEMALE (colored) . 50 

 From a drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (colored] 54 



From a drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



SPECIMEN LEAF FROM A BIRD NOTEBOOK .... 58 

 A USEFUL CITIZEN. HOUSE WREN 66 



DIAGRAM OF FOOD OF ADULT HOUSE WREN ... 66 

 From Yearbook of Department of Agriculture for 1900 



DOWNY WOODPECKER (colored) 74 



From a drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



