ILLUSTRATIONS 
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Tliree-weeks-old blackbirds Title-page 
Young catbirds Headpiece 
Baby long-billed marsh wrens and nest . . . Frontispiece 
Prairie horned lark’s nest at foot of a corn-stalk 
(Plate I.) . 17 
Meadow lark’s nest and eggs, with sheltering grasses 
removed 21 
Bluebird’s nest in hollow tree 30 
Bluebird’s nest in cavity of a fence-post .... 33 
Baby bluebirds, twelve days old 35 
“ Are you satisfied with this pose, Mr. Photographer?” 37 
“We are so hungry ” 40 
Red-winged blackbirds about two weeks old (Plate II.) 42 
Red-wing’s nest in rushes 45 
Young red-wing blackbirds in nest 48 
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