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43. — Sage Grouse. Photograph 44 



44. — Scotch Grouse (Ptarmigan), nesting. Photograph 46 



45. — Scotch Grouse (Ptarmigan), nesting. Photograph 46 



46. — Young Meadowlarks in the nest. Photograph 46 



47. — Female Eider Duck on her nest. Photograph 46 



48. — Young Short-eared Owls in the nest. Photograph 46 



49. — Yellow Wagtail amid grasses. Photograph 48 



50. — Male Bobwhite, nesting. Photograph 48 



51. — Golden Plover, with chick, in grass. Photograph 48 



52. — Nesting "Upland Plover." Photograph 48 



53. — Nesting American Bittern. Photograph 58 



54. — Nesting Virginia Rail. Photograph 58 



55. — Nesting Wilson's Tern. Photograph 58 



1 Artificial monochrome butterflies, against light and dark. Photograph ... 78 

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58. — Chestnut-sided Warbler feeding young. Photograph .78 



59. — Chestnut-sided Warbler (and Catbird). Photograph 78 



60— Blue Jays amid foliage. Photograph .78 



61. — Chickadee at nest-hole. Photograph . 78 



62— Oyster-catcher on rocks. Photograph 78 



63. — Guillemots on rocks. Photograph 78 



64. — Stuffed Goshawk against pine-tops. Photograph 80 



65. — Tip of Goshawk's wing against pine branches. Photograph 80 



66. — Stuffed Goshawk on its back on the forest floor. Photograph 80 



67. — Baby Golden Plover. Photograph 81 



68. — Ringed Plover, at its nest. Photograph 81 



69. — Lapwing on its nest. Photograph 81 



70. — Killdeer Plover on its nest. Photograph 82 



71. — Killdeer Plover at its nest. Photograph 82 



72. — Baby Killdeer Plover, crouching. Photograph 82 



73. — Nighthawk chick, on the ground. Photograph 82 



74. — Nighthawk chick, on the ground. Photograph ......... 82 



75. — Baby Common Gulls. Photograph . 82 



76. — Baby Curlew. Photograph 82 



77. — Baby Crested Grebes. Photograph 82 



78. — Baby Red-breasted Mergansers. Photograph ......... 82 



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