List of Illustrations 



FACING PAGE 



Ruffed Grouse on Nest . . i8 



Young Redstarts, Day of Leaving Nest iS 



Young Red-eyed Vireos Ready to Leave Nest 22 

 Young Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Twenty-four Hours 



BEFORE Leaving Nest. 22 

 Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, One Year Old, Taking 



Sun Bath 27 



Bob-white's Nest Full of Eggs (Colour) . 36 

 Nest and Eggs of Bobolink, on the Ground in a 



Meadow . .... 40 



Plate B: Common Eggs (Colour) 44 

 Nest and Eggs of Field Sparrow, on Ground in Field of 



Dead Grass . ..... 46 



Song Sparrow's Nest ... 48 



Nest and Eggs of Brown Thrasher ... 50 



Nest of Brown Thrasher on the Ground. 50 



Nest and Eggs of Ruffed Grouse . 52 



Nest of the Worm-eating Warbler in a Bank . . 64 

 Nest of Blue-winged Warbler on Ground in Damp 



Scrub . 66 



Nest of Maryland Yellow-throat (Colour) 68 



Nest and Eggs of Maryland Yellow-throat . 70 

 Nest of Wilson's Thrush (Colour) ... -72 



Meadow-lark's Arched Nest 74 

 Nest and Eggs of Grasshopper, or Yellow-winged, 



Sparrow . 74 



