xvi ILLUSTRATIONS 



"ALL THE AFTERNOON THE CROWS HAVE BEEN GOING OVER" 



' THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS, OR DUCK-BILL .... 



THE ECHIDNA, OR PORCUPINE ANT-EATER 



"STANDING BEFORE A LARGE 'POSSUM" 



"OUT SHE SPILLED AND NINE LITTLE 'POSSUMS WITH HER" 



"A GREAT BLUE HERON WOULD BEAT PONDEROUSLY ACROSS" 



MEADOW MOUSE "!N A DRIFTING CATBIRD'S NEST" 



"A LITTLE FIGURE IN YELLOW OIL-SKINS" 



/"DREW A LIMP LITTLE FORM OUT OF THE WATER" . 

 QUAIL " ONE OF THE COVEY CALLING THE FLOCK TOGETHER" 

 "A FLOCK OF ROBINS DASHING INTO THE CEDARS" 

 PUSSY-WILLOWS AND WATERCRESS 



"THE HAZELNUT BUSHES ARE IN BLOOM" 



BLUEBIRD "LIKE A BIT OF SUMMER SKY" . 



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