CONTENTS 



CHAPTEB p^Qj; 



I. Where Spring Comes Late > > . . 13 



11. An April Hike g5 



III. Where Spring and Summer Meet . . 41 



IV. On the Stamping Ground .... 55 

 V. Mother Shrike — The Stolid One . . 69 



VI. The Duck-Mothers 78 



VII. Some Little Owls 93 



VIII. Spying prom the Elm-Clump . . . 106 



IX. Hobnobbing with the Thicket Birds . 119 



X. Some Harmless Hunting > . . . 139 



XL In the Oozy Places ... . > > 153 



XII. The Bird-Diary of Lone Tepee . . . 171 



XIII. In Quest of a Night Roost .... 191 



XIV. A Mix-Up with the Laughers . . . 208 

 XV. Watching the Day Die 228 



XVI. The Sharp-Tailed Grouse in Winter . 240 



