xxviii ILLUSTRATIONS 



Pace 

 California Pine Giiosbeak. "He seems fairly to revel in the 



swirling clouds of snow " 477 



Mexican Crossbill. " Head "down, chickadee fashion " . . . 484 



^Steller Jay. " Nowhere are they welcome " 487 



California Jay. " The colder the better " 491 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. "Beseechingly from the cradle" 510 

 Scott Oriole. " He will peer into it with ludicrous earnestness " 516 

 Louisiana Tana&er. " A dragonfly had been captured for break- 

 fast " 532 



Audubon Warbler. " Always in a mad chase for something to 



eat" 539 



Hermit Warbler. " With her beak full of cobwebs " . . . 543 

 Long-tailed.Chat. "Where he whistled and sang from dawn 



until dark " 549 



Pileolated Warbler. "His song reminds one of the tinkle of • 



a brooklet " 553 



Verdin. " A retort-shaped affair " 555 



