List of Illustrations 
FACING PAGE 
ARCHED OR DomeD NEST OF OVEN-BIRD, ON THE GROUND 
IN Woops : F ; : : : ; . 76° 
NesT OF RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (COLOUR) ‘ . a 98 
Nest OF PH@EBE UNDER A STONE BRIDGE. : ; . 86 
Nest AND Eccs OF ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. ‘ . 86 
PLATE C: ComMMoN Eccs (CoLour)  . : ; : . 94 
THE Downy Wooppecker’s Home (CoLour) . ; . 102 
NEST AND EGcs OF CRESTED FLYCATCHER . ; : . 106 
NEsT AND Eccs oF BLUEBIRD IN THE BRANCH OF AN APPLE- 
TREE : ‘ : 5 : , : : . 112 
NEST OF ORCHARD ORIOLE : : . : : . 114 
PENDANT NEST OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE (CoLOuR) . . 116 
A Fair EXAMPLE OF THE RED-EYED VIREO’S NEST : . 118 
BASKET-SHAPED NEST OF THE WARBLING VIREO . : . 18 
HANGING Nest OF THE WHITE-EYED VIREO (COLOUR) . . 120 
Plate A: Common Ecos (Cotour) . ; ‘ 3 . 130 
NEST AND EGGS OF THE CaROLiNA Dove . ; : . 132 
Nest oF BLUE JAY IN AN APPLE-TREE ; ‘ : . 132 
Nest AND EGGS OF YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (COLOUR) . 136 
Nest AND Eacs oF BLUE JAY. : : : d . 138 
Nest AND Eccs OF CHIPPING SPARROW ‘ é ; . 144 
Pate D: Common Ecos (Cotour) . ; ‘ , . 146 
INDIGO-BIRD’s Nest ATTACHED TO UpriGHT STEMS. . 150 
Nest OF SCARLET TANAGER IN APPLE-TREE, NINE FEET FROM 
GROUND . F : : : : g : . 152 
NEST OF THE CEDAR-BIRD (COLOUR) . ‘ ‘ ‘ . 154 
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