List of Illustrations 



FACING PAGE 



Phcebe's Nest Built on a Beam, according to the Most 



Up-to-date Style ....... 86 



Nest of Phcebe under a Stone Bridge .... 86 



Barn Swallow's Nest of Mud Pellets and Straw . 88 



Nest and Eggs of Rough-winged Swallow ... 88 

 Brood of Young Barn Swallows at Time of Leaving 



Their Nest ........ 90 



Plate C: Common Eggs (Colour) ..... 94 



Pair of Young Screech Owls 98 



Young Downy Woodpecker ...... ioi 



The Downy Woodpecker's Home (Colour) . . .102 

 A Brood of Young Flickers about to Leave Their 



Nest 104 



Nest and Eggs of Crested Flycatcher . . . .106 



Interior of Chickadee's Nest with Young Birds . .110 

 Chickadee about to Enter its Nest with Food for 



Young . . . . . . . . .110 



Nest and Eggs of Bluebird in the Branch of an Apple- 

 tree 112 



Nest of Orchard Oriole . . . . . .114 



Young Orchard Orioles the Day of Leaving Their 



Nest . . . . . . . . • 1 1 5 



Pendant Nest of the Baltimore Oriole (Colour) . .116 

 Nest of Red-eyed 'Vireo, with Young Bird about to 



Leave . . . . . . . . .118 



A Fair Example of the Red-eyed Vireo's Nest . .118 



