LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
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I. Screech Owl. (In color.) L. A. Fuertes. Frontispiece. 
Color Chart. ( Double page in color.) .... 
II. Nests of Red-winged Blackbird and of Pheasant. 
Photographed by F. M. C. 
III. Eggs of Meadowlark, Upland Plover, and Common 
Tern. Photographed by F. M. C. . . . . 
IV. Plumages of the Scarlet Tanager. (In color.) L. A. 
Fuertes. ........ 
V. Adult Male Wood Duck in ‘Eclipse’ Plumage. (In 
color.) L. A. Fuertes. ...... 
VI. Red-winged Blackbirds and Chickadees in Juvenal 
Plumage. Photographed by F. M. C. 
VII. Song Sparrows. (In color.) L. A. Fuertes. . 
VIII. Woodcock on Nest. Photographed by E. Van Altena. 
Black Skimmer on Nest. Photographed by F. M. C. 
IX. Gannet, Murres, Puffins, and Razor-billed Auks. 
Photographed by F. M. C. ..... 
X. Gulls and Petrels. L. A. Fuertes. .... 
XI. Terns and Skimmers. From Habitat Group in the 
American Museum of Natural History. 
XII. Heads of Ducks. Photographed from Specimens in the 
American Museum of Natural History. 
XIII. Ducks and Geese. L. A. Fuertes. .... 
XIV. Clapper Rail. From Group in the American Museum 
of Natural History. ...... 
XV. Spotted Sandpiper and Young. Photographed from 
Specimens in the American Museum of Natural History 
XVI. Passenger Pigeon. L. A. Fuertes. .... 
XVII. Flying Hawks. L. A. Fuertes. ..... 
XVIII. Heads of Owls. L. A. Fuertes. . . . 
XIX. Flycatchers. (In color.) L. A. Fuertes. 
XX. Plumages of the Bobolink. (In color.) L. A. Fuertes. 
XXL Plumages of the Orchard Oriole. (In color.) L. A. 
Fuertes ......... 
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