LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Wood Thrush ..... Frontispiece in color 

 Half-Tone Cuts 



FACING PAGE 



A ferocious young Eagle 16 



Gannets nesting on the cliffs of Bonaventure 



Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence .... 32 



A male Plumbeous Gnatcatcher feeding young 38 



A mountain Bluebird family whose home has 



been destroyed 48 



Young Robins quarreling at their bath . . 64 



Feeding station for birds 80 



Snowy Egret shot on its feeding grounds . . 96 



Farallone Cormorants and White Pelicans on 



a Government Bird Reservation . . . 112 



Window "Cafeteria" at home of Mrs. Gran- 

 ville Pike 128 



A Christmas dinner for the birds . . . . 144 



An Egret, bearing "aigrettes," in attendance 



on her young 160 



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