ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Young Long-eared Owls ........ 66 



Young Screech Owl in position of defense . . . . .72 



Screech Owl 72 



"On it sat a Black-billed Cuckoo" . . . . . .78 



Nest of Black-billed Cuckoo 80 



Young Black-billed Cuckoos in nest . .... 80 



Kingfisher (adult) 82 



Young Kingfisher leaving nest-burrow . . . .84 



Young Kingfishers ........ 84 



"A Flicker stuck its head out of the nest-hole" . . . .90 



Flicker, or Yellow-hammer (female), feeding young in hole . . 90 



Family of Young Flickers ........ 94 



Ned got the Hairy Woodpecker ....... 98 



Downy Woodpecker attracted by suet ...... 98 



Downy Woodpecker ......... 98 



Whippoorwill on nest ........ 106 



Young Whippoorwills in nest . . . . . . .106 



Nighthawk . . . 108 



Young Nighthawks ......... 108 



Nighthawk on eggs, alarmed . . . . . . .110 



Nighthawk by her eggs . . . . . . . .110 



Hummer "in the midst of the feeding comedy" .... 116 



Humming Bird incubating . . . . . . . .116 



Hummer and young . . . . . . . . .120 



Young Hummers in nest . . . . . . . .120 



Kingbird on nest ......... 124 



Kingbird scolding ........ 126 



The entire Kingbird family . . . . . . .126 



Phoebe and her new husband in the garden . . . .130 



Phoebe on nest .......... 130 



Snapshot of Wood Pewee ........ 134 



Young Least Flycatcher ........ 134 



The Alder Flycatcher . .136 



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