viii ILLUSTRATIONS 



BRANDT'S CORMORANT 63 



A MOTHER SPIDER WITH HER SACK OF EGGS .... 67 



THE FATHER STICKLEBACK ON GUARD 68 



CALIFORNIA MURRE " WITH THREATENING BEAK WATCHED 



THE TWO MEN COME ON " . . . . . . ' . .75 



PETRELS "SKIMMING THE HEAVING SEA LIKE SWALLOWS" 80 

 RIDING THE RIM ROCK " NECK AND NECK WITH A BIG 



WHITE STEER" ,97 



SASSAFRAS . . 105 



DEADLY NIGHTSHADE 106 



POISON SUMACH 107 



POISON IVY 108 



VIRGINIA CREEPER . . 109 



THE DEADLY MUSHROOMS ... 110 



POKE BERRIES . . , Ill 



THE CONY, OR PIKA . . 116 



