LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xix 



Wood Duck (Colored Plate) Frontispiece 



Plate I. — The American Silkworm Moth, .... faces page 31 

 Plate II. — The Destructiveness of the Gipsy Moth, between pages 38 and 39 

 Plate III. — Expensive Work of destroying the Eggs of the 



Gipsy Moth in Woodland Parks, .... between pages 38 and 39 



Plate IV. — Red-eyed Vireo feeding Young faces page 51 



Plate V. — Chickadee, with Insects in its Beak, . . . faces page 54 



Plate VI. — Field or Meadow Mouse faces page 76 



Plate VII. — White-footed or Deer Mouse faces page 76 



Plate VIII. — A Useful Mouse-eating Owl, .... faces page 78 



Plate IX. — Regurgitated Owl Pellets, faces page 80 



Plate X. — The Same Pellets, dissected, faces page 80 



Plate XI. — Albatrosses on Laysan Island, H. I., . . . faces page 82 



Plate XII. — The Cecropia Moth, faces page 109 



Plate XIII. — Web of Tent Caterpillar, which had been 



attacked by Birds faces page 118 



Plate XIV. — Various Stages of the Brown-tail Moth, . . faces page 137 



Plate XV. — Various Stages of the Gipsy Moth, . . . faces page 142 



Plate XVI. — General View of Georgetown Woodland, . . faces page 144 

 Plate XVII. — Pines, Oaks, and Other Trees, stripped by the 



Omnivorous Caterpillars of the Gipsy Moth, . . . faces page 144 



Plate XVIII.— Luna Moth, faces page 214 



Plate XIX. — Least Flycatcher on Nest, faces page 229 



Plate XX. — Downy Woodpecker at Nest Hole, . . . faces page 249 



Plate XXI. —Ruffed Grouse on Nest, faces page 267 



Plate XXII.— Ruffed Grouse, One Day old faces page 268 



Plate XXIII. — Ruffed Grouse, Four Months old, . . . faces page 268 



Plate XXIV. — Ruffed Grouse, strutting, .... faces page 270 



Plate XXV. — Robin's Nest in Hollow Tree faces page 283 



Plate XXVI.— Robin on Nest faces page 289 



Plate XXVII. — Wren at Nest Hole, . . . . faces page 293 



Plate XXVIII. — Chipping Sparrows feeding their Young, . faces page 304 



Plate XXIX. — American Woodcock faces page 386 



Plate XXX. — Nighthawk, faces page 341 



Plate XXXI.— Whip-pooi-will faces page 341 



Plate XXXII. — A Swallow Roost faces page 343 



Plate XXXIII. — Nest Robbers faces pag« 359 



Plate XXXIV. — Work which drives out the Birds, . . faces page 360 



Plate XXXV. — Cat with Young Rohm, faces page 362 



Plate XXXVI. — Barred Owl, faces page 367 



Plate XXXVII. — Blue Jay's Nest in Author's Grove, . . faces page 369 



Plate XXXVIII. — Fruits that are valuable as Bird Food, . faces page 375 



Plate XXXIX. — A Bountiful Repast, faces page 378 



Plate XL. — A Scratching Shed faces page 378 



Plate XLI. — Chickadee seen through Window, at Author's 



Home, faces page 380 



