ILLUSTRATIONS 



Young Cedar Waxwings 



Red-eyed Vireo incubating . 



Red-eyed Vireo near young 



Red-eyed Vireo feeding young Cowbird 



Black and White Creeping Warbler 



Black and White Creeping Warbler on nest 



Nest of Black-throated Blue Warbler 



Nest of Yellow-breasted Chat 



Oven-bird on nest 



Louisiana Water Thrush on nest 



Redstart on nest 



Chestnut-sided Warbler on nest 



Nest of Chestnut-sided Warbler 



The condition of the Chestnut-sided Warbler's nest 



Yellow Warbler feeding young in nest 



Northern Yellow-throat 



Brown Thrasher (male) and young 



Brown Thrasher (female) . 



Male Brown Thrasher, shielding young in nest 



Catbird in shrubbery . 



Catbird on nest 



House Wren entering nest . 



House Wren emerging from nest in old 



Short-billed Marsh Wren . 



Nest of Short-billed Marsh Wren 



Chickadees .... 



White-breasted Nuthatch . 



Wood Thrush incubating . 



Young Wood Thrushers, ready to leave nest 



Spotted Sandpiper scolding 



Semi-palmated Sandpiper feeding 



Nest of Sora .... 



Young American Bitterns . 



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