Xxvili ILLUSTRATIONS 



Pace 

 California Pine Gkosbeak. " He seems fairly to revel in the 



swirling clouds of snow " 477 



Mexican Crossbill. " Head down, chickadee fashion "... 484 



Stellbr Jay. " Nowhere are they welcome " . . . . 487 



California Jay. " The colder the better " 491 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. "Beseechingly from the cradle" 610 

 Scott Oriole. "He will peer into it with ludicrous earnestness " 516 

 Louisiana Tanager. ' ' A dragonfly had been captured for break- 

 fast " 532 



AimnBON Warbler. " Always in a mad chase for something to 



eat" .539 



Hermit Warbler. " With her beak full of cobwebs " . . . 543 

 Long-tailed Chat. "Where he whistled and sang from dawn 



until dark " 549 



Pileolated Warbler. ' ' His song reminds one of the tinkle of 



a brooklet " . 553 



Verdin. " a retort-shaped affair " 655 



