ILLUSTRATIONS 



A SUMMER EVENING BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS 



Frontispiece 



RED CLOVER AND BUMBLEBEE ........ 4 



RED SALAMANDER, OLD AND YOUNG 7 



NEWTS . . 7 



HIPPOPOTAMUS "!T WAS HIS GAME OF SOLITAIRE" . . 9 



THE OTTER AND HIS SLIDE , . - .... 12 



" FOLLOW MY LEADER " . . . ... . . . .14 



BUTTERFLIES AT PLAY " WHIRLING OVER MT. HOOD'S 



POINTED PEAK " - . . . i . . . . . - . 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 . ." > v 44 



CICADA " DOG-DAYS-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z " 48 



"THE BATS FLITTING AND WAVERING ABOUT" .... 49 



RED-EYED VIREO " Do YOU BELIEVE IT ? " 52 



TUFTED PUFFINS 59 



