LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 



THE "HERMIT" AND His HOME . Frontispiece 



TREE SPARROW 25 



Fox SPARROW 27 



BAY -WINGED BUNTING 28 



BLACKBIRD ....... 29 



RACCOON'S HEAD 30 



I BEGUN BY TYING ON A NUT " . . .37 

 " WlTH A SAVAGE SNARL HE SPRANG ON TO 



THE DUDE" ...... 47 



SONG SPARROW 52 



" WABBLES MADE IT HIS BUSINESS TO AWAKE 



ME AT DAYLIGHT " . . . . .54 



WABBLES 65 



PIGEON HAWK . . . . . .69 



" MANY A SPRINTING MATCH OF THIS KIND 



TAKES PLACE IN MY DOORYARD " . .74 

 " THE WINTER STOREHOUSE WAS COM- 

 PLETED " 85 



INDIGO - BIRD . . . . . . .96 



OVEN - BIRD ....... 97 



BLACK - THROATED GREEN WARBLER . . 98 



