A YOUNG CRIMEN HERON RECAINING HIS BALANCE r)N A PERCH 



Tilt' dark patches at either side of his head are not the eyes, but the inside of the mouth, 

 illustralin'4 tlie sprins-hke character of the lower mandilile 



Photos by Howard IP Cleave 

 ONE OE THE "BEACli PATIttlE": SPOTTED SANDPIPER 

 A bird easily photographed near home — a common nester in the eastern United States 



