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Summer Yellow-bird. _Dendroica aestiva._
Western Chewink. _Pipilo maculatus articus._
Arkansas Goldfinch. _Spinus psaltria._
Maryland Yellow-throat. _Geothlypis trichus._
House Wren. _Troglodytes aedon._
Red-shafted Flicker. _Colaptes cafer._
Western Meadow Lark. _Sturnella magna neglecta._

XI. THE IDYL OF AN EMPTY LOT 192
Night Hawk. _Chordeiles virginianus._
English Sparrow. _Passer domesticus._
Thrasher. _Harporhynchus rufus._
Junco. _Junco hyemalis._
White-throat Sparrow. _Zonotrichia albicollis._
Ruby-crowned Kinglet. _Regulus calendula._
Hermit Thrush. _Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii._

IN THE BIRD-ROOM.

XII. THE SOLITAIRE 205
Clarin. _Myadestes obscurus._
Blue Jay. _Cyanocitta cristata._
Brazilian Cardinal.
Mountain Whistler. _Siffleur montagne._
Trembleur.
Townsend's Fly-catching Thrush. _Myadestes
Townsendii._

XIII. INCOMPATIBILITY IN THE ORIOLE FAMILY 227
Orchard Oriole. _Icterus spurious._
Baltimore Oriole. _Icterus galbula._

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

THE SHRIKE.

_The tug of war_ (page 38) Frontispiece.

THE HERMIT THRUSH.

_Singing his way down to us_ 8

THE SHRIKE.

_Babies in gray_ 36

THE WINTER WREN.

_Cuddled up together on a log_ 86

THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.

_Love-making_ 98

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD.

_The nest with my lady upon it_ 110

THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

_Feeding the baby_ 150

THE GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER.

_Taking breakfast_ 164

SOLITAIRE AND BLUE JAY.

_Studying the blue jay_ 216

THE ORCHARD ORIOLE.

_The enemy in the glass_ 230

UPON THE TREE-TOPS.

UPON THE TREE-TOPS.

I.

TRAMPS WITH AN ENTH