LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS* 

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Hooded Warblers 10 



Water Thrush 30 



Herring- Gulls 56 



Pied-billed Grebes 68 



American Avocets 84 



Sea Parrots (Tufted Puffins) .... 96 



Cuckoos 106 



Sea Swallows (Terns) 122 



Stormy Petrels 136 



"The artist wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness 

 to the authorities of the American Museum for many 

 courtesies. 



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