WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD 



Illustrations 



AN INQUIRING WOODCHUCK Frontispiece 



From a photograph from life 



RED SQUIRREL Facing p. 4 



From a photograph from life 



A FRIENDLY CHIPMUNK " 10 



From a photograph from life by Mary F. Cressy 



A MUSKRAT'S WINTER HOUSE " 18 



Photographed by H. W. Fisher 



COOPER'S HAWK " 32 



From a photograph from life by H. K. Job 



DOWNY WOODPECKER " 46 



From a photograph from life by H. K. Job. 



WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH " 60 



From a photograph from life by H. K. Job. 



HOSPITALITY TO A CANADA SPARROW , . " 68 



From a photograph from life by H. K Job. 



YOUNG SHRIKES " 76 



From a photograph from life by L. W. Brownell. 



WET SNOW IN MARCH " 84 



From a photograph by Clarence Lown 



A BLUEBIRD ............ " 122 



From a photograph from life by L. W Brownell 



A CHIPPING SPARROW . ' I32 



From a photograph from life by L W Brownell 



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