WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD 



Contents 



I. Small Deer page i 



II. The Way of a Weasel " 22 



III. Bird Traits and Qualities ..." 32 



IV. Our Winter Birds " 46 



V. In March Weather " 78 



VI. Birds of Passage 92 



VII. First-Comers 121 



VIII. The Song-Sparrow " 144 



IX. Courting Fickle May " 157 



X. Wild Mice " 171 



XI. Flying Squirrels " 195 



XII. Civilizing Influences " 202 



XIII. How Animals Get Home " 221 



XIV. A Midsummer Prince " 246 



XV. A Gentleman of the Orchard. . " 266 



XVI. Bank-Swallows " 276 



XVII. In a Snailery • . . . . " 290 



XVIII. The Flicker and His Fun, ... " 315 



XIX. The Yellow- Throat's Garden . . " 329 



XX. Easter Skylarks '• 340 



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