ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE MUSKRATS ABE BUILDING Frontispiece 



SPRING 



PRING OF THE YEAR SfiADBUSH Facing 1 



*HYLAS PEEPING "SPRING!" 1 



THE EARLIEST BLOODROOT" 



THE TURKEY-HEN "HALF A MILE FROM HOME" . 

 CATFISH FAMILY 



SCREECH OWL " OUT OVER THE MEADOW HE SAILS " . 



?REE-TOAD " COMES FORTH TO THE EDGE OF HIS HOLE" 

 SKUNK-CABBAGE AND BUMBLEBEE 27 



A SUNFISH OVER ITS NEST 



CRESTED FLYCATCHER WITH SNAKE-SKIN 



"ONE OF MY LITTLE BAND OF CROWS " 



YOUNG PAINTED TURTLE, FROGS' EGGS, SNAILS, AND WHIRLI- 

 GIG BEETLES 45 



ONE LIVE TOAD UNDER YOUR DOORSTEP " 



ICEBE AND HER YOUNG 



IKE AND MINNOWS . 



BARKING "UPON THE BARE KNOLL NEAR THE HOUSE" 



PINE MARTEN AND CHIPMUNK 



"UPON ONE OF THESE THE BUZZARD SAT HUMPED" . 

 YOUNG TURKEY BUZZARD . 



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