ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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The Bath. — [From a Drawing by Fidelia Bridges] . . Frontispiece 

 The Vireo ... .... . .... 16 



Scarlet Tanager. ... ..... 18 



Baltimore Orioles — The Mates . . . 19 



House-sparrow . . .... . 20 



Wood-pewee . . . . 22 



The Humming-bird's Nest . .... ... .24 



Catbird . .... .26 



The Robin . .... 32 



The Draped Nest ... . . 35 



The Spanish-bayonet in Flower . 38 



The Mocking-bibd . .... 39 



Fruit of the Spanish-bayonet ... . 41 



The Great Carolina Wren . . . 43 



The Cardinal-grossbeak ...... .46 



Killdee Plover ... ... .52 



Kingfisher 54 



Cover to Nest of. Tiger-spider removed from its Bed of Moss . 80 

 The Digger-wasp, Cocoon, and Larva . . 83 



Foundation of Turret . . . .88 



Burrow of the Tarantula Turricula .... . . 89 



Mushroom growing in the Burrow of the Tiger-spider, and House 

 of the Tarantula Tdrricula ..... 92 



Female Spider with Young . ... 94 



Tiger-spider and Moth ..... .95 



Geometric Web of Garden-spider (Argiope) ... 96 



Nests of Social Wasps . ... 98 



Nest of Spider with Trap-door . . ... 106 



Mygale Hentzii . . . • 106 



Tarantula of Texas . . 106 



The Insect Menagerie . . .112 



