LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FULL—PA(.'E PLATES . TO FACE PAGE BOB-WHITE . . . . . . . . Fronh‘spicce. COLOR (‘HART . . . . . . . . . . . 39 1’11-711-111LLED (1111-1111: AN!) YOL'NG . . . . . . . 57 HEADS OF DL‘PKS . . . . . . . . . . 97 LITTLE BLUE IIERONS . . . . . . . . . 135 (,‘LAPPRR RAIL . . . . . . . . . . . 140 WOODCOCK AND YOUNG . . . . . . . . . 153 SPOTTED SANDPIPER AND YOL'NI; . . . . . . . 169 RUFFl-ZD GROI‘SE AND YOUNO . . . . . . . . 181 SPARROW IIAWK AND YOPXO . . . . . . . . 211 HAIRY \VOODPECKPR; YEI.L11\\'-1:1-:LL11~:11 SAI’SL'CKER . . . 229 \VIIIP~1’O()R-W[LL . . . 1 . . . . . . 237 LEAST FLYCA'I‘CHER: Pun-:13: . . . . . . . . 245 BOBOLINK . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 I\11~:ADOWLARK . . . . . . . . . . .265 Wu1'1'15-1'11111111'1‘11211 SPARROW: W111'1'1c-1'R1111'N1511 SPARROW . . 300 SONG SPARROW; SWAMP SPARROW . . . . . . . 306 YELLOW-THROATEI) VJREO; \VARRLIXO \‘1REO . . . 330 L111'151ANA WATER-'I‘IIRL'SR . . . . . . . . 368 WOOD 'l‘lmusu; WILSON’S 'I'qu'su. . . . . . . 395 FIGI'REN LY THE TEXT. FIGURE PAGE 1. A (11111111111011 11111151111 . . . . . . . . 28 2. T211110 1:1]1111' Of :1 bird . . . 35 3. ((1)311'11t1111 (/1) st1',eak1111 (6)11111'1‘,1-11 (11) 111:1 11'1r111c11 feathers . 34 4.111110 511111111111: 11101108 111111 1111111» . . . . 37 .1 1110101111) Pied-11111111 (‘11-,11111-111) 1.111111 (r) 1’ 1111111 . . 41 (1 (11) 1311101 I’al'usitit'J:11‘g1-1':(/1)11i11a1111111Ot(11 1111111,;11111" (11111 ~11 7. 11111 111(111111111111'1“0111 . . . . . . . . 43 8. 1111] 111 Skimmer . . . . . 42 xi