Haunt of the Toad [see p. 53] Frontispiece 



The Great-eyed Snapping-beetle . vi 

 The "Bull's-eye" Moth. Sat'urnia 



Jo xx 



A March Landscape I 



The Calla 2 



The Earliest Wild Flower ... 3 



Maple-seed Antics 4 



A Wintry Bit 5 



A Spring Morning 7 



Peeping Frogs Cricket and Pick- 

 ering Frog 8 



A Spring Soloist n 



The Spring Peeper in October . . 12 



Clicking Pine-cones 14 



Jumping Cones 15 



A Cone in its Bed of Seeds . 16 



Squirrel and Cone 18 



" By the snow-bank's edges cold " . 19 

 Anemone Nemorosa, Claytonia, and 



Whitlow-grass 21 



PACK 



A Nook in the Woods Dutchman's- 

 breeches, Rue -anemones, Liver- 

 worts, and Early Everlasting . . 23. 



" Squirrel Corn " 24 



A Maple-seed Masquerade ... 25 



Sprouting Acorns 26- 



Beech Babes and Clover Infants . 28 



Antiopa Butterflies 30 



Musical Wing of Antiopa . . . .31 



Antiopa Caterpillars 32 



The " Coral-wing " Locust ... 35 



The Fairy Shrimp 37 



The Crackles 38 - 



The Brown Thrasher 39 



The "Drummer" . . . . . .40 



The Meadow Lark . . ... .41 



The Great Ragweed 43 



The Small Ragweed 44 



Tenacious Oak-leaves 45 



A Prehistoric Vase-maker . . . .46 

 Tail-piece 47- 



