ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING 

 PAGE 



FLICKER FEEDING ITS YOUNG IN A BERLEPSCH 

 NEST Box* .... Frontispiece 



THE AUTHOR AND A FRIENDLY CHICKADEE . . 4 



From a photograph by Louise Birt Baynes 



I WONDER WHAT HE'S GOT IN THAT . . .8 

 A CHICKADEE GUEST ..... 8 



From photographs by Louise Birt Baynes 



LAPLAND LONGSPURS AFTER A STORM . . 16 



From a photograph by Dr. Thomas S. Roberts 



QUAIL DEAD FROM STARVATION . . . .16 



From a photograph by Wilbur Smith 



A RED SQUIRREL USURPING FEED Box AND 



BATH* 22 



RED FOXES DESTROY BIRDS BOTH OLD AND 

 YOUNG* .22 



TRACKS OF A MINK* 28 



THE SKUNK WILL EAT YOUNG WILD BIRDS AS 



WELL AS HENS* 34 



"ADVANCING DEATH." THE WHITE WEASEL, OR 



ERMINE* 34 



THE SNOWY OWL is PARTIAL TO WATERFOWL* . 40 



THE RACCOON DINES ON BIRDS WHEN HE CAN* . 50 



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