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The Blue-green Warbler, .... Sylvia rara, . . . . . 258 

 The Black-and-yellow Warbler, . Sylvia maculosa, .... 260 



The Hurricane, 262 



The Red-tailed Hawk, Falco borealis, 265 



Chuckwill's Widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis, . 273 



The Painted Finch, . . . . . ' . Fringilla ciris, 279 



The Rice Bird, Icterus agripennis, . . . 283 



Cuvier's Regulus, Regulus Cuvierii, .... 288 



Kentucky Sports, 290 



The Red-shouldered Hawk, . . . Falco lineatus, .... 296 



The Loggerhead Shrike, .... Lanius ludovicianus, . . - . 300 



The Hermit Thrush, . . . . . Turdus minor, 303 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler, . . Sylvia icterocephala, . . . 306 



The Carbonated Warbler, .... Sylvia carbonata, .... 308 



The Traveller and the Pole-cat, 310 



The Great Horned Owl, .... Strix virginiana, .... 313 



The Passenger Pigeon, . . . ^ Columba migratoria, . . . 319 



The White-eyed Flycatcher, or Vireo, Vireo noveboracensis, . . 328 



The Swamp Sparrow, Fringilla palustris, . . . 331 



The Rathbone Warbler, . . . Sylvia Bathbmiia, .... 333 



Deer Hunting, 335 



The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, . • Picus principalis, .... 341 



The Red-winged Starling, or Marsh "» 



^, - , . - \ Icterus phceniceus, .... 348 



Blackbird, ) 



The Republican, or Cliff Swallow, Hirundo fulva, .... 333 



The Bay-breasted Warbler, . . . Sylvia castanea, .... 358 



Henslow's Bunting, Emberiza Henslowii, . . 360 



Niagara 362 



The Winter Hawk, Falco hyemalis, .... 364 



The Swallow-tailed Hawk, . . . Falco furcatus, .... 368 



The Wood Thrush, Turdus mustelinus, . . . 372 



The Indigo Bird, ...... Fringilla cyanea, .... 377 



Le Petit Caporal, Falco temerarius, .... 381 



Hospitality in the Woods, 383 



