xxii ILLUSTRATIONS 



FAQE 



Turkeys are famous for their road-making . . .114 



The partridge, a road-builder of California . . . Jil 5 



A kingfisher in the act of swallowing his prey . .132 



A rose-breasted grosbeak feeding her young . .133 



The owl and the crow in close conversation . . . 146 



The toucaUj with his extraordinary saw-edged bill, can 



well defend himself . . . , . .147 



Humming-birds are most at home among the orchids of 



the tropics, and are as varied in form and colour 



as are the orchids themselves (in Colours') . .162 



The American crossbill on a twig that sets him off to the 



greatest advantage . . . . . .168 



The oriole's "beauty parlour" is his unique home . 169 



The osprey rarely fishes for himself, as he finds it easier 



to waylay other fishers and rob them {in Colours') 188 

 "Every minute of the day numbers of fish are brought 



by the parent birds to their ever hungry young." 



(White pelicans) . . . . . .192 



Brown pelicans often use strategy in their fishing . .193 



The sandhill cranes in their natural habitat . . . 202 



The wood-duck fishes in small ponds 

 The ptarmigan changes the colour of his 



match the background 

 The birds of the Far North who adapt their 



the changing snow-fields 

 A mother grouse of the Sierras, California 



. 203 

 feathers to 



. 208 

 plumage to 



. 209 



. 220 



Young marsh hawks safely hidden away in the tall grass 221 



