ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Concourse on the Mud-Bank . . . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



He knows that he is protected 16 



There were more on the water 16 



Night roost of a sharp-tail 24 



A little red sparrow hawk 24 



Lesser snow goose 32 



Hutchin's goose > . . 32 



They were a gay throng 40 



Canada geese gander on guard 40 



Whirr and grand right and left 48 



At the first peep of day 48 



Young long-ear just a little stretch . . . ' . . 56 



Burrowing owls persuaded to smile .... 56 



Her greenheaded mate was at the slough ... 64 



Rewarded for her long vigil 64 



Drowsing in their one-legged way 64 



They flew at each other 72 



A tempting pot-shot for the lens 80 



Turtle or mourning dove on her nest 88 



Franklin's gulls following the plow 88 



The mouth of the creek was well peopled ... 96 



A helter-skelter departure from the creek mouth . 112 



Getting away in a hurry .,,,,,,. 119 



