xii List of Illustrations 
FACING PAGB • 
Like “Brer Rabbit*' the Catbird is Usually 
“Bred en Bawn in a Brier Patch." 
{A. R. Dugmore) . . . . .34 
Another Tragedy of the Nests: What Villain 
Ate the Catbird’s Eggs? {Verne Morton) . 35 
“Mamma!" Young Mockingbird Calling for 
Breakfast. {A. R. Dugmore) ... 50 
All is Well with this Yellow Warbler’s Nest. 
(G*. C. Embody) . . . . • 
Dinner for One: A Black-and-white Warbler 
Feeding her Baby. {A. R. Dugmore) . 51 
The Oven-bird who Calls “Teacher, Teacher, 
TEACHER, TEACHER, TEACHER! 
{William P. Hopkins) . . . .58 
Oven-bird in her Cleverly Hidden Nest — 
Some of the Leaves and Sticks Have Been 
Pulled Away From the Front to Secure 
her Picture. {A. R. Dugmore) . . 59 
Young Oven-birds on Day of Leaving Nest. 
{A. R. Dugmore) . . . . -59 
A Red-eyed Vireo Baby in his Cradle. 
{A. R. Dugmore) ..... 76 
Out of It. {A. R. Dugmore) . . 76 
Home of the Loggerhead Shrike with Plenty 
of Convenient Hooks for this Butcher 
Bird to Hang Meat On. {R. H. Beebe) . 77 
The Cedar Waxwing. {W. P. Hopkins) . 84 
