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A Familiar Guest J 



The Cuckoos and the Outwitted Cow-bird 23 



Door-step Neighbors jy 



A Queer Little Family on the Bittersweet 8j 



The Welcomes of the Flowers „ . . 103 



A Honey-deiv Picnic '. . iji 



A Few Natwe Orchids and Their Insect Sponsors . . IJI 



The Milkweed 227 



Index 239 



