LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FAeE 

 Sage Grouse Frontispiece 



Identification Chart of Bird . xiv 



Map of Zones ... xvi 



Tufted Puffin. " As a puppy enjoys a bone " . . .4 



Ancient Mubrelet. "If a white-cap developed near them, they 



would always escape it by diving " . . ... 8 



PiSBON Guillemot. "The Baby Giiilleinot" .... 12 



AsBY Petrel. " The playmate of the grim old sea " . 25 



Loon. " The young locus are taken into the water " . ... 29 



Western Gull. " The young gull is taught to fish " .... 35 

 American Black Tern. " As it picks dragon-flies from the low 



rushes" 47 



Brandt Cormorant . . . To face page 50 



Wilson Phalarope. "Picking up their own food before they 



were ten hours old " 59 



Sanderlino. " a game of tag with the ocean " ... . 69 



HcDSONiAN Curlew. " When alighting" ... . . 75 

 American Eared Grebe. When tired, they are given a ride on 



the mother's back . . 85 



White-faced Glossy Ibis. " Watching for minnows in the 



shallow water " . • 89 



Virginia Rail. " Picking his way cautiously between the tules '' 101 



California Partridge. ' It haunts the cafions and slopes " . 119 



Mourning Dove. " A platform of sticks " . . .... 133 



California Vulture, or Condor To face page 134 



White-tailed Kite. " Preying upon the field mice " .... 139 

 Prairie Falcon. " Not even the bald eagle can strike such 



terror to a flock of grouse " 146 



