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Oregon Jay. " Not a single blue feather " 328 



Clakkb Nutcracker To face page 329 



WHiTE-RirMPBD Sheikb. " Impaling their prey on thorns " . . 337 



Pygmy NuthXtch. " Both birds worked busily carrying feathers " 347 

 Plain Titmouse. ' ' Busilj'. carrying short hair, feathers, and 



wool" ... . . 349 



Mountain Chickadee. " The birds were very fearless " . . 352 

 Black-tailed Gnatcatoheb. " He was a bewitching little gray 



ball of feathers " . .... .... . 359 



Cabanis Woodpecker. " Both sexes share the labors of excavat- 

 ing" 362 



White-headed Woodpecker. "Where the bark is thickest and 



roughest " . . . ... 367 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker. "After a few trials he 



learns to hammer right merrily" . 374 



Californian Woodpecker . . . . To face page 376 

 White- throated Swift. " Its nesting site is the most inaccessi- 

 ble cliff" . . 380 



Bobolink. " While his demure sweetheart listens " 392 



Phainopepla . . ... . . To faxe page 398 



Black-throated Gray Warbler. "They lean away over to 



peer under every leaf " . ... 403 



Black Swift. ' ' While flying swiftly through the air " . . . 404 



Black-chinned Hummingbird. " Lit daintily a few inches away " 418 

 Anna Hummingbird. " Upon a wire clothes-line, and squeaking 



right merrily " 424 



Calliope Hummingbird. " It feeds upon the painted cups " 432 

 Northern Violet-green Swallow. "It is a lover of pine 



woods and mountain forests " . 446 



Gray Vireo. " The best songster of all the vireos " 454 

 Euby-orowned Kinglet. " Only an expert climber can hope to 



peep into one " . . . . 461 



Eed-beeasted Sapsuoker. "The mother watched the attempt 



to drink the sweet syrup " . 463 



Vermilion Flycatcher. " Pouring out his joy " . 467 

 San Dieso Red-wi^gbd Blackbird. " A spirit of reckless 



daring " 472 



