List of Illustrations 
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The Gorgeous Scarlet Tanager, who Sang in 
this Tree, Was Killed by a Sling Shot. The 
Nest Was Deserted by his Terrified Mate. 
{A. R. Dugmore) ..... 
Young Barn Swallows Cradled Under the 
Rafters. (.4. Dugmore) * 
Baby Barn Swallows Learning to Walk a 
Plank. {A. R. Dugmore) 
The Most Cheerful of Bird Neighbours: Song 
Sparrows. (A. R. Dugmore) 
A Baby Chippy and its Two Big Rose- 
breasted Grosbeak Cousins. 
A Chipping Sparrow Family: One Baby Satis- 
fied, the Next Nearly So, the Third Still 
Hungry. {A. R. Dugmore) 
Cardinal. (C. W, Beebe) .... 
That Dusky Rascal the Cowbird. (C. W, 
Beebe) ....... 
The Gorgeous Baltimore Oriole. {A. R. 
Dugmore) ...... 
How do you Suppose these Young Baltimore 
Orioles Ever Packed themselves into this 
Nest? (A. R. Dugmore) . 
Young Orchard Orioles. {A. R. Dugmore) 
“There Were Three Crows Sat on a Tree.” 
(A. R. Dugmore) ..... 
Blue Jay on her Nest. (JR. H. Beebe) . 
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