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ACCOMPANYING TEACHERS’ MANUAL OF

BIRD-LIFE.

BY

Frank M. Chapman,

Author of “Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America,” etc.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

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Copyright, 1899, by D, Appleton and Company.

Plate I. Page 156.

BARN SWALLOW.

CLIFF SWALLOW. TREE SWALLOW

BANK SWALLOW.

Plate II. Page 84,

PIED-BILLED GREBE.

Leii^’'th, 1.3-50 inches, Siim-ner plumage^ upper purls blackisli brown ; throat
ami spot on bill black; fore neck brownish, rest of under parts grayish
white. Winter plumage, similar, but without black on throat or bill.

Plate III. Page 85,

LOOX.

Len^2;th, 32-00 Indies. Summer plumage^ upper ])arts and fore neck black
and wliite; breast and belly white. Winter plumage, upper jiarts dark
grayish; under parts white.

Plate IV. Pages 8G, 88.

HERRING GULL.

Length, 24-00 inches. Adult, back and wings pearl-gray; end of primaries
marked with black; rest of plumage white. Young, dark grayish, primaries
and tail brownish black.

PETRELS.

Length, 7-50 inches. Black, upper tail-coverts white.

Se ori thorn jisoTi

Plate V.

1 WOOD DUCK.

2 PINTAIL.

3 MALLARD.

4 5 Page 89.

4 GREEN-WINGED TEAL.

5 BLUE-WINGED TEAL.

6 CANADA GEESE.

Plate VI.

LITTLE GREEN HERON.
{Length, ly-oo inches.')

Page 90.

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON.

(Young and Adult.)

{Length, 24'00 inches.)

GREAT BLUE HERON.

{Length, 4^'00 inches.)

Plate VII. Pages 93, 9-i.

AMERICAN BITTERN.

Length, 28-00 inches. A Black streak on neck; body brown and bulT; pri-
maries slate-color.

SORA.

Length, 8-50 inches. Adu/^, upper parts olive-brown, black, and white;
throat and face l)lack, breast slate, belly white, flanks black and white.
Voung, similar, but face, throat, and breast white, washed with brownish.

Plate VIII. Page 94.

AMERICAN COOT.

Length, 1.5-00 indies. Head and neck blackish, body slate; under tail cov-
erts, tips of secondaries, and end of bill white.

CLAPPER RAIL.

Length, 14-50 inches. Ltpper parts pale greenish olive and gray; throat
white, breast pale cinnamon, flanks gray and white.

Plate IX. Page 97.

WILSON'S SNIPE.

Length, 11-25 inches. Upper parts black, buff, and rusty; throat and belly
white, rest of under parts black and buff.

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Plate X. PacxEs 87, 98, 99.

COMMON TERN.

[Lengthy ig-oo inches.)

SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER.

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SPOTTED SANDPIPER.

Length, 7-50 inches. Adult, upper parts ])rownisli gray and black; under
parts white spotted with black; a white patch in wing. Young, similar, but
without black.

KILLDEER.

Length, 10-50 inches. Tapper parts brownish gray, upper tail-coverts rusty;
under parts white; two bands on breast, crown and lores black, forehead
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Plate XTI. Page 101.

RrFFEl) (IROrSE.

lAMiu'tli, 17-00 iiK-hes. Male, neck tuftri lon.ii’, black; upper i)arts and tail
^•ray or rusty, Idack and buff; under parts white, black and rusty. Female,
similar, but with neck tufts no lon,o-er than adjoining feathers.

Plate XIII. Page 102.

MOURNING DOVE.

Lenoth, 11-75 indies. Upiier parts olive gTayish brown, sides and back of
neck iridescent ; breast with a pinkish tinii'e, belly buff ; outer tail-feathers
tipped with white.

Plate XIV. Page 104.

RED-SIIOULDERED HAWK.

Length, 19-00 inches. Adult^ upper parts hlackisli brown and rusty ; lesser
wing-coverts bright chestnut ; wings and tail black and white ; under parts
rich rusty and white. Youngs less rusty on back, wings and tail largely
rusty ; under parts white, spotted or streaked with blackish.

Plate XV. Page lOG.

MARSH HAWK.

Length, 20-00 inches. Adult male, upper parts gray; under parts white with
rusty spots ; upper tail-coverts white. Adult female and yozing, upi)er
parts black and rich rusty ; under j)arts rich rusty and black ; upper tail-
coverts white.

Plate XYI. Page 106.

SPAEEOW HAWK.

Length, 11-00 inches. Male, Ixick reddisli brown and black, wing-coverts
slaty blue, tail reddish brown marked with black and white ; under parts
washed with rusty and spotted with black. Female, back, wings, and tail
barred with reddish brown and black ; under parts white, streaked with red-
dish brown.

Plate XVII. Page 107.

SHAEP-SHINNED HAWK.

Length of male, 11-25 inches; of female, 13-50 inches. Adult, upper parts
slaty gray ; under parts white and rusty brown. Young, upper parts black-
ish brown ; under parts white, streaked with rusty brown.

Plate XYIII. Page 107.

AMERICAN OSPEEY.

Leii»'tli, 2:H)0 iiiclios. Upper parts In-owiiish black ; nape and under parts
white ; breast marked with ii’rayish brown.

Plate XIX.

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SHOET-EAEED OWL.

Lengtli, 15-50 inches. Upper parts black, buff, and rusty; under parts white
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SCEEECH OWL.

Length, 9-40 inches. Upj)er parts gray, or Itriglit reddish brown, and
black ; under parts white, gray, or bright r('ddish l»rown, and black ; eyes
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BARRED OWL.

Length, 20-00 inches. Upper parts blackish brown and white; under
parts white and blackish brown ; eyes black.

Plate XXII. Page 112.

YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.

Length, 12-25 inches. Upper parts glossy olive-hrown ; outer tail-
feathers black, tipped with white; under parts white; lower mandible
yellow.

Plate XXIII. Tage 114.

BELTED KINGFISHER.

Length, 13 -00 inches. Male, upper parts bluish gray ; under parts white,
a bluish-gray breast-band and sides. Female, similar, but breast and
sides with reddish brown.

Plate XXIV. I’age 115.

DOWNY WOODPECKEK.

Length, 6-75 inches. Male, upper parts black and white, nape scarlet ;
under parts white. Female, similar, but no scarlet on nape.

Plate XXV. Page 116.

EED-HEADED WOODPECKEK.

Length, 9-75 inches. Adult ^ whole head and neck deep red, back and
tail black ; upper tail-coverts, greater part of secondaries, and belly
white. Young, similar, but head, back, throat, and sides grayish black.

Plate XXVI. Page 116.

FLICKEK.

Length, 12-00 inches. Male, crown gray, nape scarlet, back brownish
and black, rump white ; under surface of wings and tail yellow ; sides of
throat and breast-patch black ; belly spotted with black. Female, simi-
lar, but no black on sides of throat.

Plate XXVII. Pagrs 118, 119.

NIGHTHAWK.

Length, 10-00 inches. Male^ above, black, Avhite, and rusty; below,
black and white ; throat, bands in wing, and tail white. Female^ similar,
but throat rusty ; no tail-band.

WHIP-POOR-WILL.

Length, 9-75 inches. Male^ body black, rusty, and buff; primaries
spotted with rusty ; tips of outer tail-feathers and breast-band white.
Female^ similar, but breast-band and end of tail rusty.

Plate XXVIII. Page 119.

CHIMNEY SWIFT.

Length, 5-40 inches. Sooty lhaek, throat grayish.

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Plate XXIX. Page 120.

KUBY-THKOATED HUMMINGBIRD.

Length, 3-75 inches. Aihilt upper parts metallic green ; throat

metallic riil)y-red; belly grayish; sides greenish. Adult female and
youngs similar, but throat white.

EYhest Retort Tliom(»ioh

Plate XXX. Page 122.

KINGBIKD.

Length, 8 -SO inches. Upper parts grayish black ; tip of tail and under
parts white ; an orange-red crown-patch. Yozing^ similar, but without
orange-red in crown.

Plate XXXI. Page 123.

CKESTED FLYCATCHEK.

Length, 9 -GO inches. Upper parts brownish olive-green ; inner vane of
tail-feathers rusty ; breast gray ; belly pale yellow.

Plate XXXII. Page 124.

PHCEBE.

Length, 7-00 inches. Back dusky olive; cro\yn blackish; under parts
white tinged with yellow; outer margin of outer tail-feathers whitish;
bill black.

Plate XXXIII.

Page 126.

WOOD PEWEE.

Leiipjth, 6-50 inches. Upper parts dusky olive-green; under parts
whitish, ^yashed with dusk}’; lower mandible yellowish.

Plate XXXIY. Page 12G,

HORNED LARK.

Length, 7-75 inches. Upper parts brownish and sandy ; front and sides
of crown, sides of throat, and breast-patch black ; forehead, line over eye,
and throat pale yellow ; breast dusky, belly white, tail black, outer feath-
ers margined with white.

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Plate XXXV. Page 131.

BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

Length, 7-50 inches. Male, crown, upper back, and throat black ; lower
back, outer tail-feathers, breast, and belly rich orange. Female, upper
parts mixed black and yellowish, rump and tail dirty yellow; under parts
dusky yellow.

Plate XXXVI. Page 132.

OKCHAKD OKIOLE.

Length, 7-30 inches. Adult male, crown, back, and throat black, rest of
body chestnut. Young male, upper i>arts olive-green ; throat black, rest
of under parts yellowish. Female, similar, but black on throat replaced
by yellowish.

Plate XXXVII. Page 133.

PUKPLE GKACKLE.

Length, male, 12-50 inches; female, 11-OOi inches. Male, head, neck,
throat, and breast bright metallic blue, j:)urple, or green ; back with
iridescent bars ; belly paler ; eye pale yellow. Female, much duller
than male.

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Page 134.

BOBOLINK.

Length, 7-25 inches. Male, in summer, nape buff; shoulders and rump
whitish ; crown and under parts black. Female, young, and male i)i
winter, sparrowlike; upper parts black, brownish, and huffy; under
parts yellowish white.

Plate XXXIX. Page 136.

MEADOWLAEK.

Length, 10-75 inches. Upper parts black, brown, and buff; under parts
yellow, a black crescent on the breast, sides streaked with black ; outer
tail-feathers white.

Plate XL. Page 137.

COWBIEP.

Leiigtli, 7-!)0 inches. Alale, head and neck all around dark coffee-brown ;
rest of plnniage glossj’ greenish black. Female, dirty brownish gray;
throat whitish.

Frn^^t 3^ ton Thompson

Plate XLI. Page 138.

SONG SPAKKOW.

Length, 6*25 inches. Upper parts chestnut, gray, and black; under
parts white, streaked with chestnut and black; outer tail-feathers
shortest.

Plate XLII. Page 139.

SWAMP SPARROW.

Length, 5-90 inches. Sununer plumage, crown bright chestnut; back
black, brown, and buff; breast grayish; belly white; sides brownish.
Winter plumage, similar, but crown streaked with chestnut-brown, black,
and gray.

Plate XLIII. PactE 140.

FIELD SPAKKOAV.

Length, 5*70 inches. Upper parts bright reddish brown and black;
under parts grayish white ; bill reddish brown.

Plate XLIV. Page 141.

YESPEK SPAKKOW.

Length, 6*10 inches. Upper parts grayish, black, and brown; breast
and sides streaked with black and brown ; belly white ; lesser wing-
coverts chestnut ; outer tail-feathers more or less white.

Plate XLV. Page 1P2.

CHIPPING SPAEKOW.

L('ii.t(lh, 5-35 inches. Su/ni/nr p/uinagc\ black; crown bri^lit

cl)estnnt; l)ack black, brown, and ^rav ; under parts grayish wldte; bill
bku'k. IVintc/- p/i///ingi\ similar, but crown like back; l)ill bi-ownish.

Plate XLVI.

Page 143.

WHITE-THEOATED SPAEEOW.

Length, 0-75 inches. Adult, lores and bend of wing yellow; crown
black and white; back chestnut-brown, blac'k, and Iniff ; throat white;
breast and sides grayish ; belly white. Yotuig, similar, but crown more
like back ; yellow markings duller.

Plate XLVII. Page 144.

FOX SPAKEOW.

Length, 7-25 inches. Upper parts, wings, and tail bright reddish brown ;
back and head mixed with a broAvner color ; under parts Avhite and bright
reddish brown.

Plate XLVIII. Page 145.

JUNCO.

Length, 6-25 inches. Male, upper parts, throat, and breast slate-color;
belly and outer tail-feathers white. Fetnale, similar, but plumage more
or less washed with brownish.

Plate XLIX. Page 14G.

TREE SPARROW.

Length, G-35 indies. Crown liright chestnut ; back black, reddish lirown,
and huffy ; under parts grayish ; sides washed witli brownish ; a
blackish spot in the center of the breast.

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KEDPOLL.

Length, 5-30 inches. Adult male, crown l)right reil ; back broAvnish black
and grayish ; throat black ; under parts AA'hite, streaked AAdth Idack ;
breast pink. Adult female and young, similar, but no pink on breast.

SNOWFLAKE.

Length, 6-90 inches. Upper parts browm and black ; Avings and tail black
and AA^hite ; under parts white ; breast and sides broAAuiish.

Plate LI. Pages 147, 148.

AMERICAN CROSSBILL.

Length, 6*20 inches. Adult malt\ dull red ; back brownish ; wings and
tail blackish. Adult female and young, greenish ; back more or less
mottled with brownish ; the under parts grayish.

PINE GROSBEAK.

Length, 9 ‘10 inches. Adult male, rose-pink; back brownish; lower
belly gray ; wings and tail brownish black. Adult female and young, gray ;
Crown, upper tail-coverts, and breast washed with deep yellow.

Plate LII. Page 148.

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.

Length, 5-10 inches. Adult male in crown black ; rest of body

yellow ; wings and tail black and white. Adult female and males in 'winter^
upper parts grayish brown ; crown yellowish ; under parts soiled
whitish ; throat yellow.

Plate LIII. Page 149.

PUKPLE FINCH.

Length, 6-20 inches. Adult male, rose-pink ; Imck brownish ; lower belly
white ; no white in wings. Adult female a7id young, upper parts streaked
1)rownish and grayish ; under parts white, streaked with brownish ;
bill rounded on top ; a tuft of bristly feathers over the nostrils.

Plate LIV. Page 150.

KOSE-BKEASTED GKOSBEAK.

Length, 8-10 inche’^fe. Adult male, crown and back black; rump white;
throat black; breast rose-red ; belly white. Adult female, upper parts
dark brown and buff ; a white line over eye ; under parts buffy, streaked
with brownish ; under wing-coverts orange.

Plate LV. Page 151.

TOWHEE.

Length, 8-35 inches. Adult ?uale, upper parts, throat, and breast black;
belly white ; sides reddish brown. Adult female^ similar, but black re-
placed by brownish.

Plate LVI. Page 155.

DICKCISSEL.

Length, 6 -00 inches. Adi/// male, back black, chestnut, and grayish ; lesser
wing-coverts bright chestnut ; chin white ; throat black ; breast yellow ;
belly white. Adult female, upper parts streaked black and grayish;
throat white ; breast yellowish, with black streaks ; belly white.

Plate LVII. Page 161.

CEDAE WAXAVING.

Length, 7-20 inches. Grayish brown; upper tail-coverts gray; lower
belly yellowish ; end of tail yellow ; secondaries sometimes with red,
sealing- wax-like tips ; stripe through face black.

Plate LVIII. Page 162.

NOKTHEKN SHKIKE.

Length, 10-80 inches. Adidt^ upper parts gray; tail black and white ;
under parts white, with blackisli bars ; lores grayish ; ear-coverts black.
Youngs similar, but plumage washed with brownish.

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Plate LIX. Pages ir>4, ir>5.

RED-EYED YIEEO.

Length, 6-25 inches. Crown gray, bordered l>y black and wliite ; back,
wings, and tail olive-green; under parts white.

YELLOW-THROATED YIREO.

Length, 5-95 inches. Crown and back greenish yellow; rump gray;
breast bright yellow; belly white'; wing-bars white.

Plate LX.

Page 167.

BLACK AND WHITE WAKBLEK.

Lenpjtli, 5-25 indies. male, upper parts, breast, and sides Idaek and

white; belly white. Adult female, similar, but with less Ijlaek on under
liarts.

Plate LXI. Page 168.

MYKTLE WAEBLEE.

Length, 5-65 inches. Winter plumage^ crown-patch, rump, and sides of
breast yellow; back brown and black; under parts black and white.
Summer plumage, similar, but upper parts gray and black; more black
on under parts.

BLACK-THEOATED GEEEN WAEBLEE.

Length, 5*10 inches. Upper parts yellowish green; face brighter;
breast black; belly white.

Plate LXII. Page 169.

KEDSTART.

Length, 5.40 inches. Adult 7uale, band in jvings ; base of tail and sides
of breast deep salmon; belly white; rest of plumage black. Adult
female and yoimg. similar, but salmon replaced by yellow; upper parts
grayish brown; under parts white; breast yellowish.

Plate LXIII. Page 170.

OVEN-BIRD.

Length, 6 -15 inches. Crown reddish l)rown, bordered by black ; back,
wings, and tail olive-green; under parts black and white.

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Plate LXV, Page 172.

YELLOW-BKEASTED CHAT.

Length, 7 AS inches. Upper parts olive-green; breast yellow; belly
white; lores black, bordered by white.

Plate LXVI. Page 174.

MOCKINGBIED.

Length, 10-50 inches. Upper parts ashj" gray; wings and tail l)rownish
black and white; under parts white.

Plate LXYII. Page 175.

PPOWX THRASHEE.

Lengtli, 11-40 indies. I'pper jiarts briglit reddish brown ; under parts
white and black ; eves yellow.

Plate LXVIII. Page 175.

HOUSE WEEN.

Length, 5-00 inches. Upper parts brown, marked with black and
grayish; under parts grayish white.

Plate LXIX. Page 177.

LONG-BILLED MAKSH AVKEN.

Length, 5-20 inches. Upper parts brown, black, and white, a white
line over eye; under parts white, sides brownish.

Plate LXX.

Pages 178, 179.

CHICKADEE.

Length, 5-25 inches. Crown and throat black; cheeks white ; back gray;
belly white, washed with brownish.

BEOWN CEEEPEE.

Length, 5-65 inches. Upper parts brown, rnsty, and white; under
parts white.

Plate LXXI.

Pages 180, 181.

EED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.

Lenj^lh, l-fiO iiK'lu's. Male, crown and lino tlironj^li oyo bla(*k; back
^ray; nnder parts rusty. Female, similar, but black ]‘ot)lacod l>y gray.

WHITE-BKEAHTED NUTHATCH.

Length, G-05 inches. Male, crown black ; back gray; face and under
])arts white. Female, similar, but crown slaty.

Plate LXXII. Pages 181, 182.

GOLDEN-CKOWNED KINGLET.

Length, 4-05 inches. Male^ crown orange, yellow, and black; back olive-
green; under parts whitish. Female, similar, but crown without orange.

RUBY-CKOWNED KINGLET.

Length, 4-40 inches. Adult male, crown-patch ruby; back «live-green;
under parts whitish. A dult female and young, similar, but no crown-patch.

Plate LXXIII. Page 183.

VEERY.

Leiigtli, 7*50 inches. Upper parts, wings, and tail uniform light cinna-
mon; breast huffy, light marked with cinnamon; belly white; sides
grayish.

Plate LXXIV. Page 184.

WOOD THRUSH.

Length, 8-30 inches. Upper parts l)right, rusty cinnamon, brightest on
back and crown; under parts white everywhere, except center of belly,
with large, rounded black spots.

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Plate LXXV. Page 185.

HERMIT THRUSH.

Length, 7T5 inches. Upper parts and wings dark cinnamon-brown;
tail bright reddish brown; under parts white; breast spotted with
black; sides washed with brownish; belly white.

Plate LXXVI.

A M E K IC AX WOO DCX )CK.

Length, ll-OO inches. Upper parts bhu'k, (X'hraeeous and buff; under
parts oehraceous.

Plate LXXVII.

BOB WHITE.

Length, 10 -OO inches. Ui)per parts reddish chestnut, black and buff;
tliroat white, breast blackish, belly barred black and white; sides
chestnnt, Idack, and white.

Plate LXXVIII.

TURKEY BUZZARD.

Length, 30-00 inches. Head and neck naked, red; plumage shining
black edged with brownish.

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BALD EAGLE.

Length, 34-00 inches. Adult, brownish l>hi('k, head, neck, and tail
white. Im., brownish black tail more or less mottled with white.

Plate LXXX.

AMEKICAN CKOW.

Length, 19-25 inches. Glossy black with steel bine or dark purplish
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BLUE JAY.

Length, 11-75 inches. Upper parts blue, tail tipped with white; under
parts grayish while.

Plate LXXXII.

EED-WINGED BLACKBIKD.

Length, 9-50 inches. Male, black, shoulders red tipped with bnff.
Female, streaked brownish black and white.

Plate LXXXIII.

INDIGO BUNTING.

Length, 5-50 inches. Male, bine, deepest on the head. Fetnale, gra\
ish brown sometimes tinged with bine.

Plate LXXXIY.

CARDINAL.

Length 8-25 inches. Male, rosy red, throat black. Female, olive-
brown, lighter below, sometimes tinged with red.

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SCAB LET TANACtEK.

Length, 7*25 inches. Male, scarlet, wings and tail black. Female,
olive-green.

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PUKPLE MAKTIN.

Length, 8-00 inches. Male, glossy blue-black. Female, upper parts
glossy black, breast and sides brownish gray, belly white.

Plate LXXXVII.

YELLOW WARBLER.

Length, 5-00 inches. Alale, upper parts greenish yellow; under parts
bright yellow streaked with reddish brown. Female^ similar but
duller and without streaks below.

Plate LXXXVIII.

CATBIED.

Length, 9-00 inches. Slate-gray, crown black, under tail-coverts
chestnut.

PI.ATE LXXXIX.

AMEllICAN liOEIX.

Length, 10-00 im-hes. Male, head black, l.)ack grayish, In-east rufous;
outer tail feathers tipped with white. Female, similar but dulh'r.

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BLUEBIED.

Length, 7-00 indies. Upper parts bright blue; tliroat and breast
cinnamon- rufous, belly white. Female, similar, but duller.

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TYPES OF BIKDS’ EGGS.

1. — Oven-Bii’d (ovate; spotted and wreathed). 2. — House Wren (ovate;
rniimtely speckled). 3. — Wood Pewee (ovate; blotched and wreathed).
4. — Huniiningbird (elliptical; white, unmarked). 5. — Crested Fly-
catcher (elliptical-ovate; streaked). 6. — Sparrow Hawk (spherical;
washed, spotted and blotched). 7. — Cowbird (ovate; eveidy speckled
and spotted). 8. — Cedar Waxwing (elongate-ovate; spotted). 9. — Night-
hawk (ellij)tical; mottled and marbled). 10. — Bobolink (ovate; spotted
and blotched). 11. — Semipalmated Sandi>iper (pyriforjo; spotted).

12. — Purple Grackle (ovate; scrawled).

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XEST AXD EGGS OF KILLDEER.

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XEST AXI) YOUNG OF MAPSTI HAWK.

(Photographed from Nature by F. M. Chajinian, June 8, 1898, 3Ieridian, N. A.)

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XPST AXD EGGS OF RED-WIXGET) BLACKBIRD.

(Photographed from Nature by F. M. Chapman, May 30, 1898, Englewood, N. J.)

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XEST AND YOUNG OF MEADOWLARK.

(Photographed from Nature by F. M. Chapman, June 7, 1898, Meridian, N. Y.)

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XPST AND THREE EGGS OF RED-EYED YTREO, AND
THREE EGGS OF COWBIRD.

(Photographed from Nature by F. M. Chapman, June 7, 1898, 3Ieridian, N. Y.)

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XEST AND EGG OF OVEN-BIRD.

(Photographed from Nature by F. M. Chapman, June 5, 1898, Fairfield, Conn.)

Plate XCVIII.

NEST AND FOUR EGGS OF MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT,
AND ONE EGG OF COWBIRD.

(Photographed from Nature by F. M. Chapman, May 22, 1898, Englewood, N. J.)

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NEST AND EGGS OF CATBIRD.

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WOOD THRUSH AXD XEST.

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