xu ILLUSTRATIONS 

 BROWN THRASHER " OUR FINEST, MOST GIFTED SONGSTER" 87 

 PAINTED TURTLE "BEGAN TO BURY HERSELF". . . . 103 

 CHIPMUNK EATING JUNE-BUGS 117 



"TWO TUMBLE-BUGS TRYING TO ROLL THEIR BALL UP 



HILL" 127 



"THE BOX TURTLES SCUFF CARELESSLY ALONG" .... 130 



SUMMER 



A SUMMER EVENING BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS 



Facing 1 



RED CLOVER AND BUMBLEBEE 4 



RED SALAMANDER, OLD AND YOUNG 7 



NEWTS 



HIPPOPOTAMUS "!T WAS HIS GAME OF SOLITAIRE" . 



THE OTTER AND HIS SLIDE 



"FOLLOW MY LEADER" 



BUTTERFLIES AT PLAY "WHIRLING OVER MT. HOOD'S 



POINTED PEAK" 16 



RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD AND NEST 20 



ORCHIDS 22 



YOUNG COWBIRD IN VIREO'S NEST 25 



COYOTE "WHAT A SHOT!" 28 



ARGIOPE, THE MEADOW SPIDER 44 



CICADA " DOG-DA YS-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z " 



"THE BATS FLITTING AND WAVERING ABOUT" 



RED-EYED VIREO "Do YOU BELIEVE IT?" . 



TUFTED PUFFINS 



BRANDT'S CORMORANT 



