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The Pied-billed Dobchick, . . . Podiceps carolinensis, . . 359 



The Tufted Puffin, Mormon cirrhatus, . . . 364 



The Arctic Tern, Sterna arctica, .... 366 



A Tough Walk fou a Youth, 371 



The Brown Pelican, Pelecanus fuscus, .... 376 



The Florida Cormorant, .... Phalacrocorax floridanus, . 387 



The Pomarine Jager, Lestris pomarinus, . . . 396 



Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus Wilsonii, . . 400 



The Red Phalarope, Phalaropus Julicarius, . . 404 



Breaking up of the Ice, 408 



The Reddish Egi-et, Ardea rufescens, . . . . 411 



The Double-crested Cormorant, . . Phalacrocorax dilophus, 420 



The Hudsonian Godwit, .... Limosa hudsonica, . . . 426 



The Horned Grebe, Podiceps cornutus, . . . 429 



The Forked-tailed Petrel, .... Thalassidroma Leachii, 434 



A Maple-sugar Camp, 438 



The Whooping Crane, Grus americana^ . . . 441 



The Tropic Bird, Phaeton cethereus, . . . 442 



The Curlew Sandpiper, .... Tringa subarquata^ . . . 444 



The Fulmar Petrel, Procellaria glacialis, . . 446 



The BufF-breasted Sandpiper, . . Tringa rufescens, .... 451 



The Opossum, 454 



The Common Cormorant, .... Phalacrocorax Carho, . . 458 



The Arctic Jager, Lestris parasiticus, . . . 470 



The American Woodcock, . • Scolopax minor, .... 474 



The Greenshank, Tetanus Glottis, .... 483 



Wilson's Petrel, Thalassidroma Wilsonii, . 486 



A Long Calm at Sea, 491 



The Frigate Pelican, Tachypetes Aquilus, . . . 495 



Richardson's Jager, Lestris Richardsonii, . 503 



The Cayenne Tern, Sterna cayana, .... 505 



The Semipalmated Snipe, or Willet, Totanus semipalmatus, . . 510 



The Noddy Tern, Sterna stolida, 516 



Still Becalmed, 520 



