ILLUSTIiATlONS OF NESTS AND EGGS. 



Nest and eggs of Green Heron frontispiece 



" " " Pied-billed Grebe Page 3 



" Holboell Grebe 4 



" " " Horned Grebe 6 



" Loon 8,13 



" " " Herring Gull 31 



" " " Common Tern 39 



" LeastTern 43 



" Yellow-billed Tropic Bird 56 



Nesting Gannets on Bird Rocks 58 



Nest and eggs of Double-crested Cormorants 61 



" " " Mexican Cormorants 64 



" " " American Merganser 69 



" " " Gadwall 74 



" " " Pintail 74 



" " " Canada Goose 85 



" " " American Bittern 93 



" " " Little Brown Crane 101 



" " " Wilson Phalarope 108 



" " " American Woodcock 108 



Woodcock on Nest Ill 



Nest and eggs of Marbled Godwit 118 



" " " Bartramian Sandpiper 122 



" " " Spotted Sandpiper 124 



" Killdeer 129 



" Bob-white 135- 



" " " Ruffed Grouse 140- 



" " " Prairie Hen 144 



" " " Mourning Dove 149 



" Turkey Vulture 153 



" " " Marsh Hawk 156 



" " " Cooper Hawk 159 



" " " Red-shouldered Hawk 163 



" " " Ferruginous Rough-leg 167 



Osprey Returning to its Nest 173 



Long-eared Owl on its Nest 181 



