List of Illustrations 



FACING PAGE 



Arched or Domed Nest of Oven-bird on the Ground 



IN Woods . .... 



Nest of Red-winged Blackbird (Colour) . 

 Barn Swallow's Nest of Mud Pellets and Straw 

 Nest, of Eggs of Rough-winged Swallow . 

 Plate C: Common Eggs (Colour) 

 The Downy Woodpecker's Home (Colour) 

 Nest and Eggs of Crested Flycatcher 

 Nest and Eggs of Bluebird in the Branch of an 



Apple-tree . . ... 



Nest of Orchard Oriole 



Pendant Nest of the Baltimore Oriole (Colour) 

 A Fair Example of the Red-eyed Vireo's Nest 

 Basket-shaped Nest of the Warbling Vireo 

 Hanging Nest of the White-eyed Vireo (Colour) 

 Plate A: Common Eggs (Colour) 

 Nest and Eggs of the Carolina Dove 

 Nest of Blue Jay in an Apple-tree . 

 Nest and Eggs of Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Colour) 

 Nest and Eggs of Chipping Sparrow 

 Plate D: Common Eggs (Colour) 

 Nest of Scarlet Tanager in Apple-tree Nine Feet 



FROM Ground ...... 



Nest of the Cedar-bird (Colour) 



Nest of Yellow Warbler in Elder Bush, Five Feet 



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