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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Castle of Spider 190 



Jumping Spider {Phidippus mor- 

 sitans) with captured Da- 

 tana Moth 193 



Golden Sphex Wasp flying above 

 the opening of her burrow. 

 hiitial dramng 195 



Golden Wasp (Sphex ichneu- 

 monea) dragging its prey into 

 the burrow 196 



Green Meadow Grasshopper 

 {Orchelimum glaberrimum) lay- 

 ing her eggs in stem of burr 

 marigold 202 



Pair of Green Meadow Grass- 

 hoppers {Orchelimum vulgare) 

 on a sedge 205 



Jug-making Wasp {Eumen.es fra- 

 termis) in act of building nest. 

 Initial dravring 206 



Completed Nest of Jug-making 

 Wasp {Eumenes fraternus) . . 207 



Nest of Mud-dauber Wasp, show- 

 ing stored spiders and wasp's 

 grub. Initial dramng .... 209 



White-footed Mud-dauber {Try- 

 poxylon albitarse) and her 

 Nest 211 



View of Bluff on Shore of Lake 

 Michigan, depicting an Out- 

 cropping of Wet Clay where 

 Mud-dauber Wasps obtain 

 Plastic Mud for their Nests . . 213 



Tabanid Fly 214 



Dog-day Ilarvest-fly, Cicada, or 

 Lyreman {Cicada tibicen) just 

 emerged from Pupa 217 



Wild Rose with Rose-bugs 

 (Macrodactylus subspinonua) . 

 Colored plate 218 



Oriole's Nest occupied by Wrens . 221 



Red Squirrel 223 



Pair of Maryland Yellow-throat 

 Warblers, with Nest 224 



Landscape, with Goldfinches in 

 foreground. Initial dravnng . 226 



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Goldfinch giving forth his morn- 

 ing song 227 



Birds and Blue Racer. Initial 

 drawing , 229 



Striped Garter Snake 231 



Butcher Bird and Yellow War- 

 bler. Initial drawing .... 235 



Young Red Squirrel on Walnut 

 Branch. Initial drawing. . . 236 



Red-headed Woodpecker in act of 

 cracking corn. Initial drawing 238 



Landscape, showing Swallows. 

 Initial drawing 242 



Nest of Red-eyed Vireo .... 244 



Red-eyed Vireo 245 



Landscape, showing Night 

 Hawks. Initial drawing . . ■ 246 



House Wren's Nest in the Woods 

 occupied by White-footed 

 Mouse 248 



White-footed Mouse in the 

 Wren's Nest as she appeared 

 after bark had been removed . 250 



Pair of Baltimore Orioles. Initial 

 drawing 252 



Fate of Young Baltimore Oriole 

 hung by Thread of Nest ... 253 



Golden-crowned Kinglet cap- 

 tured and killed by Burrs 

 of Burdock. Photograph by 

 R. K. 'labours 255 



Stag Beetle {Lucanus dama). 

 Initial drawing 256 



Fowler's Toad {Bnjo jowleri) . . 257 



Fowler's Toad, ventral view. 

 Tailpiece . 259 



Landscape, showing Indigo Bird 

 and Nest. Initial drawing. . 260 



Indigo Bird'on Nest in Dogwood 

 Bush 261 



Nest of Chewink 263 



Male Chewink, or Towhee {Pipilo 

 erythrophthalmus) 264 



Young Robins. Initial drawing. 265 



Field Sparrow, with Nest and 

 Young Bird 266 



