A Trying Moment (Western House Wren) 32
Nest of Western Gnatcatcher 39
Head of California Woodpecker 66
Head of Red-headed Woodpecker (Eastern) 66
Jacob and Bairdi visiting the Old Nest Tree 78
Head of Arizona Hooded Oriole 89
Head of Baltimore Oriole (Eastern) 89
Head of California Chewink 93
Head of Eastern Chewink 93
Valley Quail and Road-runner 99
Nest of the Bush-tit 104
Pocket Nest in an Oak 108
The Big Sycamore 114
Along the Line of Sycamores 124
Head of Black Ph[oe]be 129
Head of Eastern Ph[oe]be 129
The Little Hummer on her Bow-knot Nest 148
The Swing Nest of the Hummer 157
A Shady Bower 160
Head of Green-tailed Chewink 163
The Nosebag Nest (Vigors's Wren) 173
The Plain Titmouse in her Doorway 176
Which was the Mother Bird? (Wren-tit and Lazuli Buntings) 189
The Phainopeplas on the Pepper-tree 194
The Phainopepla's Nest in the Oak Brush Island 198
Eucalyptus Avenue, showing Pollarded Trees on the Right 212
Eucalyptus Wood stored for Market in a Eucalyptus Grove 214
Mountain Billy Deserted 220

BIRDS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT.[1]

White Egret. _Ardea egretta._
Green Heron. _Ardea virescens anthonyi._
Spotted Sandpiper. _Actitis macularia._
Valley Quail. _Callipepla californica vallicola._
Mourning Dove. _Zenaidura macroura._
Turkey Vulture. _Cathartes aura._
Hawk. _Buteo ----._
Sparrow Hawk. _Falco sparverius deserticolus._
American Barn Owl. _Strix pratincola._
Western Horned Owl. _Bubo virginianus subarcticus._
Burrowing Owl. _Speotyta cunicularia hypogaea._
Road-runner. _Geococcyx californianus._
California Woodpecker. _Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi._
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