IN WINTER WOODS 



lead up to some harboring log, and the sign- 

 manual of the quail is seen crossing over to 

 disappear in a neighboring thicket. Where 

 the chickadees have been dodging about on 

 the thinly strewn creek's bed their tiny claws 

 have etched sharp little marks which fade 

 quickly when the sun comes up and over to 

 investigate. 



Out in the heavier woods you will find oc- 

 casionally where bowl-like depressions in the 

 snow at regular intervals lead from tree to 

 tree. These mark where a squirrel has 

 jumped along. In the winter days when the 

 sun shines and the woods begin to warm up a 

 trifle a fox-squirrel will be tempted out to 

 make society calls, and he goes bouncing 

 along at such times in a series of undignified 

 jumps. If you care to rout a rabbit out, go 

 into the thickets and around fallen logs in 

 the timber where the' underbrush is pretty 

 thick, and you will find one there some-, 

 where. He will soon put a good distance 

 between your path and his, and will, doubt- 

 less, wonder at not hearing the crack of a 

 gun or the bark of a dog as he scurries 

 away. 



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