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VlREO's NEST, IN WHICH A COWBIRD HAS LAID ITS EGG 132 

 THE SAME NEST CUT IN HALF TO SHOW RELATIVE 



POSITIONS OF COWBIRD'S AND VIREO'S EGGS . 182 

 WOODCOCK SITTING ON NEST 1 , v ! . . 142 



WILD CANADA GEESE IN FLIGHT . . . .152 

 WHISTLING SWANS OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST . .158 

 "A LONG NOSE PROTRUDED FROM THE NEST". . 168 

 TOSSUMS. "NEARER AND NEARER HE CAME UNTIL 

 HIS NOSE WAS VISIBLE OVER THE EDGE OF THE 

 LARGE KNOB". . , .- TV'; *&& V .' 170 

 PLAYING TOSSUM " TOSSUM II. DECIDED TO HAVE 

 A LOOK AND WITHOUT CHANGING HIS POSITION HE 

 OPENED HIS ROUND DARK EYES " . . .172 

 THE OPEN PARK-LIKE DRY COUNTRY AT THE FOOT- 



HILLS OF THE SlERRAS OF CALIFORNIA . .180 

 RIDING ALONG THE STEEP SLOPES ON THE WAY TO THE 



KERN RIVER . . .,..,, . 182 

 THE KERN RIVER VALLEY ,va' f-w.< -^ r n*rr ; ; 184 

 FISHING IN THE KERN RIVER * >-. T :j,y i* .>; : ?;?v* 188 

 VOLCANO CREEK . ,'/<'T/ '.?./. tivir >ifc -n . ; V 190 

 LANDING A LARGE GILBERT TROUT IN THE KERN 



RIVER (CALIFORNIA) ' v. &U i MT. ,r- . . 192 

 SEA-TROUT FISHING IN NEW BRUNSWICK . .214 

 LEAPING SALMON . r^v'4 ;<<^i rv^ 240 

 LEAPING SALMON ; THE LINE is FAINTLY VISIBLE . 240 

 MENDING A CANOE WITH CARIBOU HIDES IN NEW- 

 FOUNDLAND . . . , . . 244 

 IN THE DENSE WOODS BELOW KATAHDIN . . 260 



" THE NORTH-EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN IS AN 

 ABRUPT PRECIPICE OF SOLID ROCK ABOUT 4,000 FEET 



HIGH" . ;5$. ::!>..". ;*.:.< ../,/f . . . 268 

 THE WINTER WOODS /, if >, v, : /;?. . . .276 

 TRACKS IN THE SNOW. THE DEEP FOOTPRINTS ARE 

 THOSE OF A SQUIRREL WHICH WAS EVIDENTLY 

 CAUGHT BY AN OWL OR A HAWK, WHOSE WING 

 TRACKS ARE CLEARLY SHOWN .... 280 

 IN THE WINTER, WHEN EVERY TWIG IS COVERED WITH 



A GLISTENING COAT OF ICE 282 



