CONTENTS 



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AN OPENING WORD i 



THE SPIRIT OF SPRING ....... 3 



THE SKUNK CABBAGE ....... 6 



THE PITCHER PLANT 8 



BIRDS OF THE SEASON . n 



UNAPPRECIATED FLOWERS '.., . . . 14 



NATURE'S REVIVAL .17 



A SUBURBAN RAMBLE 21 



DIMINUTIVE BEAVERS 25 



THE AMERICAN MERGANSERS 28 



THE AWAKENING YEAR . . . . . 31 



THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE . .'' . . . 34 



THE BLOOD-ROOT . . . . . . . 37 



44 YA HONK ! YA HONK ! YA HONK ! " . 39 

 SUDDEN SUMMER , . . * .43 



A SONG OF THE NIGHT . . . . 45 

 AN INDOLENT RIVER . . " . . . .48 



A SEASON OF GROWTH . 52 



As THE YEAR GROWS ....... 55 



THE DANDELION * . 59 



A SUMMER RESIDENT . . . ,". .> 62 



THE NIGHT-HAWK . . . . * * . 65 



NATURE'S BENEFICENCE 70 



DON'T PLUCK IT * 73 



A RECORD OF TIME . 77 



A DAY IN JUNE 80 



MELODRAMA AND TRAGEDY 84 



AN UNFORTUNATE MOURNING DOVE .... 87 



THE LIFE OF A MOTH ....... 90 



POPULAR TYRANTS 94 



SPOTTED SANDPIPERS 98 



IN A SULTRY SWAMP 101 



A SUCCESSFUL PRETENDER . . . . 105 



BELOW NIAGARA 109 



AS THEY TAKE THEIR FLIGHT . . . . . 113 



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