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THE author gladly acknowledges his obligations to the 

 publishers of the periodicals named below, for courteously 

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IN A SNAILERY Scribner's Monthly. 9 



( Appktontf Journal. \ 



FIRST-COMERS \ [ 36 



( Lippincotfs Magazine. 3 



WILD MICE St. NicMas. 57 



AN ORNITHOLOGICAL LECTURE Scribner*s Monthly. 85 



OUR WINTER BIRDS Appletom 1 Journal. 106 



THE BUFFALO AND HIS FATE Popular S<ience Monthly. 140 



THE SONG-SPARROW The Field (London). 171 



CIVILIZING INFLUENCES Sunday Afternoon. 182 



How ANIMALS GET HOME Scribner's Monthly. 199 



A MIDSUMMER PRINCE Harper's Magazine. 222 



BANK-SWALLOWS Popular Science Monthly. 241 



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