List of Illustrations 



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Parent Field Sparrow Feeding its Young on the Day 



They Left Their Nest . 

 Song Sparrow's Kest .... 

 Nest and Eggs of Brown Thrasher 

 Nest of Brown Thrasher on the Ground 

 Nest and Eggs of Ruffed Grouse . 

 A Young Towhee Hiding beneath a Dead Oak Leaf 

 A Mother Worm-eating Warbler and Her Young 



Family ......... 



Nest of the Worm-eating Warbler in a Bank 



Nest of Blue-winged Warbler on Ground in Damp Scrub 



Blue-winged Warbler on Nest .... 



Same Nest Showing Young Bird Just Out of the Egg 

 Nest of Maryland Yellow-throat (Colour) . 

 Nest and Eggs of Maryland Yellow-throat . 

 Nest of Wilson's Thrush (Colour) 

 Meadowlark's Do.me-shaped Nest .... 



Nest and Eggs of the Yellow-winged or Grasshopper 



Sparrow 



Front "View of the Oven-bird's Nest . . . . 



Back "View of the Sa.me Nest 



Arched or Domed Nest of Oven-bird, on the Ground in 



Woods ......... 



Nest of Red-winged Blackbird (Colour) 



Florida Burrowing Owl at Entrance of the Burrow 



in Which its Nest is Situated . . . . 



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