LIST OF PLATP]S 
The greater part of the illustrations in this report have been copied (some alterations as to 
positions, etc., have been made in nearly all) from the small edition of “Audubon's Birds of 
America.” By copying from said work which is regarded by competent critics as containing 
many of the finest portrayals of birds that have ever been published, the cost (ten to twenty -five 
dollars per plate) of original drawings was saved. The birds— most of the smaller species are 
about two-thirds or one-half the natural size ; in larger species the reductions are greater— have 
been colored from specimens in the author’s collection, or from those kindly loaned to him by 
Prof. Robert Ridgway, Curator Department of Birds, United States National Museum, Wash- 
ington, D. C. Notwithstanding the fact that the “order to print” restricted the number of 
colors, the lithographer has, with the most careful efforts, succeeded in doing his work so ac- 
curately, that with a very few exceptions the reproductions are superior to the originals. 
Plates. 
1 . Figures illustrating terms used in descriptions. 
2. Horned Grebe (Colymbus auritus). 
3. Hooded Merganser {Lophodytes cucuUatus). 
4. Wood Duck (.Aix sponsa). 
5. American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus). 
6. Black-crowned Night Heron {Nyclicorax nycticorax nwviits), 
7 . Sora ( Porzana Carolina ) . 
8. American Coot (Fulica americana). 
9. Wilson’s Snipe {Gallinago delicata). 
10. Solitary Sandpiper (Totanus solitarius). 
11. Killdeer roci/era). 
12. Bob-white or Partridge ( Colmws virginianus). 
13. Marsh Hawk (Circus hudsonius). 
14. Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox). 
15. Red-tailed Hawk (Butco borealis). 
16. Broad-winged Hawk (Buteolatissimus). 
Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius). 
17. Barn Owl (Stria: pratincoZa). 
18. Screech Owl (Megascops asio). 
19. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). 
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) 
Blue- winged Warbler (Helminthophila j "nus). 
20. Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) . 
21. Red-headed W oodpecls.er (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 
22. Flicker (Colaptes auratus). 
23. Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus). 
Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus). 
24. Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). 
25. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). 
26. Bobolink or Reedbird (Dolicfionyx oryzivorus). 
27 . Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phceniceus). 
28 . Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) . 
29. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula). 
30. Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus). 
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella socialis). 
Song Sparrow (Melospiza fasciata). 
31. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis). 
Pine Finch (Spinus pinus). 
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca). 
32. Vesper Sparrow (Pooccebes gramineus). 
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla). 
Yellow-winged Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum passerimts). 
