CONTENTS. 



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I. INTRODUCTION .... 1 



II. JANUARY ..... 8 



III. A COLD DAY . . . . . 17 



IV. SOUNDS FROM INANIMATE NATURE . 21 

 V. FEBRUARY , . . . .30 



VI. KUINS . . . . . 38 



VII. ROCKS ...... 45 



VIII. OLD ROADS . . . . 52 



IX. MARCH ...... 57 



X. WEATHER SIGNS .... 65 



XL COLORS AND FRAGRANCE OF FLOWERS . 75 



XII. APRIL . . . . ' . 87 



XIII. THE VERNAL FLOWERS . . . 96 



XIV. PLEA FOR THE BIRDS . . . 106 

 XV. THE SINGING BIRDS AND THEIR SONGS . 113 



XVI. MAY 123 



XVII. WOOD SCENERY IN MAY . . .130 



XVIII. ON MULTIPLYING THE BIRDS AROUND OUR 



DWELLINGS 138 



