ILLUSTRATIONS 



SPRING OF THE YEAR SHADBUSH Frontispiece 



HYLAS PEEPING " SPRING!" 1 



"THE EARLIEST BLOODROOT " . 4 



THE TURKEY-HEN "HALF A MILE FROM HOME" ... 8 



CATFISH FAMILY . . . . . .12 



SCREECH OWL " OUT OVER THE MEADOW HE SAILS" . . 17 

 TREE-TOAD " COMES FORTH TO THE EDGE OF HIS HOLE" 23 

 SKUNK-CABBAGE AND BUMBLEBEE 



A SUNFISH OVER ITS NEST .29 



CRESTED FLYCATCHER WITH SNAKE-SKIN 31 



" ONE OF MY LITTLE BAND OF CROWS " - ^' 33 



YOUNG PAINTED TURTLE, FROGS' EGGS, SNAILS, AND WHIRLI- 

 GIG BEETLES 45 



"ONE LIVE TOAD UNDER YOUR DOORSTEP" . . . . .46 



PH(EBE AND HER YOUNG . .55 



PIKE AND MINNOWS 62 



Fox BARKING "UPON THE BARE KNOLL NEAR THE HOUSE" 66 

 PINE MARTEN AND CHIPMUNK 71 



