CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEB rAM 



I. At the Outset 1 



II. POAETQUISSINGS IN WlKTER 18 



III. 'TwixT Cold and Heat 61 



IV. Marsh- Wrens 88 



v. A Colony of Grakles 101 



VI. Four Red Birds 114 



VII. The Spade-Foot Toad 132 



VIII. Trumpet-Creepers and the Ruby-Throats . . . 142 



IX. The Drawing of the Seine 147 



X. A Summer at Home 189 



XI. September Sunshine . 247 



XII. An October Dlary 264 



XIII. An October Dla.ry — Continued 308 



XIV. An October Diary — Concluded 348 



Index 891 



