CONTENTS 



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I. WAYS OF NATURE 1 



II. BIRD-SONGS 29 



III. NATURE WITH CLOSED DOORS ... 47 



IV. THE WIT OF A DUCK .... 53 

 V. FACTORS IN ANIMAL LIFE .... 59 



VI. ANIMAL COMMUNICATION ... 87 



VII. DEVIOUS PATHS 109 



VIII. WHAT DO ANIMALS KNOW? ... 123 



IX. Do ANIMALS THINK AND REFLECT? . . 151 



X. A PINCH OF SALT . . . . 173 



XI. THE LITERARY TREATMENT OF NATURE . 191 



XII. A BEAVER S REASON .... 209 



XIII. READING THE BOOK OF NATURE . . . 231 



XIV. GATHERED BY THE WAY 



I. THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS . . 239 



II. AN ASTONISHED PORCUPINE . . . 242 



III. BIRDS AND STRINGS .... 246 



IV. MIMICRY ....... 248 



V. THE COLORS OF FRUITS .... 251 



VI. INSTINCT 254 



VII. THE ROBIN 261 



VIII. THE CROW 265 



INDEX 273 



