LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Sage Grouse Frontispiece 



Identification Chart of Bird xiv 



Map of Zones xvi 



Tufted Puffin. " As a puppy enjoys a bone " 4 



Ancient Murrelet. " If a white- cap developed near them, they 



would always escape it by diving " 8 



Pigeon Guillemot. " The Baby Guillemot " 12 



Ashy Petrel. " The playmate of the grim old sea " .... 25 



Loon. "The young loons are taken into the water" 29 



Western Gull. " The young gull is taught to fish " .... 35 

 American Black Tern. "As it picks dragon-flies from the low 



rushes" 47 



Brandt Cormorant To face page 50 



Wilson Phalarope. "Picking up their own food before they 



were ten hours old " 59 



Sanderling. " A game of tag with the ocean " 69 



Hudsonian Curlew. " When alighting " 75 



American Eared Grebe. When tired, they .are given a ride on 



the mother's back 85 



White-faced Glossy Ibis. "Watching for minnows in the 



shallow water " 89 



Virginia Rail. " Picking his way cautiously between the tules'' 101 



California Partridge. ' It haunts the canons and slopes " . 119 



Mourning Dove. " A platform of sticks " 133 



California Vulture, or Condor To face page 134 



White-tailed Kite. " Preying upon the field mice " .... 139 



Prairie Falcon. "Not even the bald eagle can strike such 



- terror to a flock of grouse " 146 



