LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Tree Sparrow[25]
Fox Sparrow[27]
Bay-winged Bunting[28]
Blackbird[29]
Raccoon's Head[30]
"I begun by tying on a nut"[37]
"With a savage snarl he sprang on to the dude"[47]
Song Sparrow[52]
"Wabbles made it his business to awake me at daylight"[54]
Wabbles[65]
Pigeon Hawk[69]
"Many a sprinting match of this kind takes place in my dooryard"[74]
"The winter storehouse was completed"[85]
Indigo-bird[96]
Oven-bird[97]
Black-throated Green Warbler[98]
Cedar-bird [102]
The New Cabin[103]
Maryland Yellowthroat[104]
Red-winged Blackbirds[104]
Brown Thrush[105]
Swamp Song-sparrow[106]
Baltimore Oriole[107]
Belted Kingfisher, Watching[109]
Kingfisher, Striking[110]
Kingfisher, Lifting His Catch[111]
"The distance between them grew less quite rapidly"[114]
"Hermit, you are out"[117]
"It carries its victim by the middle"[125]
Mole[131]
Kingbird[141]
Ruffed Grouse[145]
"The next sentinel takes up the call"[151]
"I shot two ducks"[158]
Coot's Head[159]
Chickadee[173]
"I threw a bit of cookie to her"[174]
English Sparrow[186]
Sparrow[189]
"Found his owlship on a low limb"[191]
Owl Chased[193]
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker[196]
"HE Coiled Around My Arm"[202]
Blue-winged Yellow Warbler [211]
Bee Hunting[226]
"Again the plucky little bunting set its wing and lowered its head"[241]
"Made his way to the box, hand over hand"[245]
Chestnut-sided Warbler[254]
Blue Jays[265]
Wood Thrush[275]
The Hermit Thrush[278]
Triplefoot's Den[298]
"She stopped to look around, and saw me"[303]