List of illustrations. 



Plates. 

 Upland Plover (Colored Plate), . 

 Plate I. — River Ducks and Swans, . 

 Plate II. — Two Baldpates on Leverett Pond, Boston, 

 Plate III. — Canvas-back and Baldpate on Leverett Pond, Boston, 

 Plate IV. — Group of Bay Ducks, 

 Plate V. — Nest of Eider, 

 Plate VI. — Barnacle Goose, 

 Plate VII. — Woodcock on Nest, 

 Plate VIII. — Spotted Sandpiper (Young) 

 Plate IX. — Spotted Sandpiper (Adult), 

 Plate X. — Ruffed Grouse Drumming, 

 Plate XI. — Heath Hen, . 

 Plate XII. — Great Auk, 

 Plate XIII. — Labrador Duck, . 

 Plate XIV. — Eskimo Curlew, . 

 Plate XV. — The Last Passenger Pigeon, 

 Plate XVI. — Pigeon Net, 

 Plate XVII. — Young Passenger Pigeon, 

 Plate XVIII. — Eggs of Passenger Pigeon and Mourning Dove, 

 Plate XIX. — Band-tailed Pigeon, Passenger Pigeon and Mourn- 

 ing Dove, ... 

 Plate XX. — Trumpeter Swan, 

 Plate XXI. — Whooping Crane, 

 Plate XXII. — Sandhill Crane, 

 Plate XXIII. — Wild Turkey, . 

 Plate XXIV. — Propagation, 

 Plate XXV. — Protection, 

 Plate XXVI. — Attracting Canada Geese, 

 Plate XXVII. — A Result of stopping Spring Shooting, 

 Plate XXVIII. — Wild-fowl on a Game Farm, . 

 Plate XXIX. — A Breeding Pen for Bob-whites, 

 Plate XXX. — Group of Bob-whites in Confinement, 

 Plate XXXI. — Wild Rice in Flower, 

 Plate XXXII. — Winter Buds of Wild Celery, . 

 Plate XXXIII. — Seed Pods of Wild Celery, 

 Plate XXXIV. — Wide-ranging Species of Pondweed, 

 Plate XXXV. — Wide-ranging Species of Pondweed, 

 Plate XXXVI. — Winter Shelter for Quail, 



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