O CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XXI. The Cedar Birds : with Notes on Where Birds Lay Their 



Eggs (Ampelidm; Turdus: Vireo: etc.) . . . 291 



XXI I. The American Warblers and Sparrows (Mniot'dtidce and Fringil- 



li'hr) . . . . . . .317 



XXIII. The Yellow-breasted Chat; Cat-birds; and the Oven-bird 



(Icteria virens ; Galeoscojitex carolinensis • and Siurus 

 auricapillus) ...... 340 



XXIV. The Common Opossum and Its Kin (Didelphys virginiana) 3(54 

 XXV. Whales and Manatees (Cetacea: Sirenia) . . 374 



XXVI. The Flying Squirrel and Its Relatives (Family Sciuridce) ■ 399 



XXVII. The Deer Mouse, with Notes on other Rodents (Peromyscus leu- 



cnpns: Rodentia) ...... 415 



XXVIII. Bats and Their Habits [Chiroptera) . . 427 



XXIX. Museums and Their Uses: with some Observations on Tax- 

 idermy . . . . 442 



