LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xix 
Woop Ducx (Colored Plate), . - : P F , . Frontispiece 
PuatTe I.—The American Silkworm Moth, : : : . faces page 31 
PuatE IT.— The Destructiveness of the Gipsy Moth, between pages 38 and 39 
Prater III.— Expensive Work of destroying the Eggs of the 
Gipsy Moth in Woodland Parks, . ‘ . . between pages 38 and 39 
Puate IV.—Red-eyed Vireo feeding Young, . : . faces page 51 
PLatE V.— Chickadee, with Insects in its Beak, 7 4 . faces page 54 
PuiatTE VI.— Field or Meadow Mouse, ‘ é i ¥ . faces page 76 
PLATE VII.— White-footed or Deer Mouse, “ " r . faces page 76 
PuaTE VIII.— A Useful Mouse-eating Owl, . : ‘ . faces page 78 
Priate IX.—Regurgitated Owl Pellets, . : ‘ ‘ . faces page 80 
PLATE X.— The Same Pellets, dissected, . - ‘ : . faces page 80 
PuLaTE XI.— Albatrosses on Laysan Island, H.I.,  . 4 . faces page 82 
Puiate XII.—The Cecropia Moth, . i faces page 109 
PLatTE XIII.— Web of Tent Caterpillar, which had —_ 
attacked by Birds, . ° ; . faces page 118 
PuLatE XIV.— Various Stages of the Tomas Moth, . . faces page 137 
PLATE XV.— Various Stages of the Gipsy Moth, ‘ 1 . faces page 142 
PuatTE XVI.— General View of Georgetown Woodland, . . faces page 144 
PuaTE XVII.— Pines, Oaks, and Other Trees, stripped by the 
Omnivorous Caterpillars of the Gipsy Moth, ‘ é . faces page 144 
PLate XVIII.—Luna Moth, . ‘ Z é ‘ ‘ . faces page 214 
PLATE XIX.— Least Flycatcher on Nest, . é 7 . faces page 229 
PLATE XX.— Downy Woodpecker at Nest Hole, . . . faces page 249 
PLaTE XXIJI.—Ruffed Grouse on Nest, . ‘ r i - faces page 267 
PLATE XXII.—Ruffed Grouse, One Day old, . ‘ 4 . faces page 268 
Pirate XXIII.—Ruffed Grouse, Four Months old, . ‘ . faces page 268 
PLaTE XXIV.—Ruffed Grouse, strutting, fi ‘ a . faces page 270 
PLATE XXV.— Robin’s Nest in Hollow Tree, . ; I . faces page 283 
PLaTE XXVI.—Robin on Nest, . r . a ‘ . faces page 289 
PLATE XXVII.— Wren at Nest Hole, j ‘ . . faces page 293 
PLaTE XXVIII.— Chipping Sparrows feeding their eau: . faces page 304 
PuLaTe XXIX.— American Woodcock, 5 ‘ f 7 . faces page 336 
PuatE XXX.— Nighthawk, : : ‘ 5 A : - faces page 341 
PLATE XXXI.— Whip-poor-will, é z . : ‘ . faces page 341 
PLaTE XXXII.— A Swallow Roost, . z ‘ F é . faces page 343 
PLATE XXXITI.— Nest Robbers, . ‘ . - faces page 359 
PLaTE XXXIV.— Work which drives out the Birds, : . faces page 360 
PuaTE XXXV.—Cat with Young Robin, . " F ‘ . faces page 362 
PLATE XXXVI.— Barred Owl, . 2 ‘ . faces page 367 
PLATE XXXVII.— Blue Jay’s Nest in Author’s iden: F . faces page 369 
PLaTE XXXVIII.— Fruits that are valuable as Bird Food, . faces page 375 
Puate XXXIX.—A Bountiful Repast, . 7 % . . faces page 378 
PiatEe XL.—A Scratching Shed, . ‘ - faces page 378 
PLaTE XLI.— Chickadee seen through Window, at pine Ss 
Home, . ‘ 5 . : . ‘ i . ‘ . faces page 380 
