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Okegon Jay. " Not a single blue feather " 328 



Clarke Nutckaokbr ... ... .To face page 329 



Whitb-rumped Shrike. " Impaling their prey on thorns " . . 337 



Pygmy Nuthatch. ' ' Both birds worked busily carrying feathers " 347 

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



wool " 349 



Mountain Chickadee. " The birds were very fearle.ss " 352 

 Black -TAILED Gnatoatcher. " He was a bewitching little gray 



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



Caeanis Woodpeckek. " 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 face page 398 



Black-throated Gray Waebler. "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 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. " Only an expert climber can hope to 



peep into one " . . . . . . 461 



Red-breasted Sapsuckee. "The mother watched the attempt 



to drink the sweet synip " . . , . . 463 



Vermilion Flycatcher. " Pouring out his joy " 467 

 San Diego Red-winged Blackbird. " A spirit of reckless 



daring" ... . 472 



