ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES. 



Page. 

 Plate I. Bachman sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis bachmanii) Frontispiece 



II. Fig. 1. — Petit Bois Island; breeding grounds of the least 

 tern and black skimmer. Fig. 2. — Marsh on bay shore 

 of Dauphin Island; habitat of the Louisiana clapper 

 rail and the Marian marsh wren 32 



III. Fig. 1. — ^Black skimmers (Rynchops vigra) on Petit Bois 



Island. Fig. 2. — Nest of least tern on Dauphin Island 33 



IV. Nighthawk (Chordeilea minor); whip-poor-will (Setochal- 



cis vodfera) and chuck-will's-widow (Astrostonms 

 oarolinensis) _ _ 176. 



V. Fig. 1. — Cliffs on north bank of Tennessee River near 

 Guntersville ; habitat of the cliff swallow. Fig. 2. — 

 Choccolocco Mountain; habitat of the scarlet tanager, 

 black-throated green warWer, oven-bird, etc 304 



VI. Fig. 1. — Bear Swamp, near Autaugaville; typical habitat 

 of the Bachman and prothonotary warblers. Fig. 2. — 

 Canebrake on Catoma Creek; typical habitat of the 

 Swainson warbler 305 



VII. American pipit (Awthus spinoletta ruhescens).- . 324 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. Least bittern (Ixobryehus exUis) *.... _ 73 



2. Louisiana clapper rail (Ralliis longirostris eaiuratus) 87 



3. Red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis) 135 



4. Barn owl (Tyto aZba pratincola) _ 147 



5. Barred owl (Strix varia) 151 



6. Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates viUosus) 161 



7. Red-cockaded woodpecker (Phrenopicus borealis) .._ 165 



8. Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapieus varius) 167 



9. Red-bellied woodpecker (Centurus carolinus) 173 



10. Breeding area of the whip-poor-will (Setochaicis vodfera) 



in Alabama _ 179. 



