CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. WHERE SPRING COMES LATE > : . . . 13 



H. AN APRIL HIKE 5 



HI. WHERE SPRING AND SUMMER MEET . . 41 



IV. ON THE STAMPING GROUND .... 55 



V. MOTHER SHRIKE THE STOLID ONE . . 69 



VI. THE DUCK-MOTHERS .78 



VII. SOME LITTLE OWLS . . . ... 93 



VIII. SPYING FROM THE ELM-CLUMP . . . 106 



IX. HOBNOBBING WITH THE THICKET BIRDS . 119 



X. SOME HARMLESS HUNTING > > . . 139 



XL IN THE OOZY PLACES . . . . > > 153 



XH. THE BIRD-DIARY OF LONE TEPEE . > . 171 

 XIII. IN QUEST OF A NIGHT ROOST . . . . 191 



XJV. A Mix-Up WITH THE LAUGHERS . . . 208 



XV. WATCHING THE DAY DIE 228 



XVI. THE SHARP-TAILED GROUSE IN WINTER . 240 



