CONTENTS 



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IN PERSIMMON-TIME 1 



BIRDS' WINTER BEDS . . . . 31 

 SOME SNUG WINTER BEDS . . .47 

 A BIRD or THE DARK . . . .65 

 THE PINE-TREE SWIFT . . . .79 

 IN THE OCTOBER MOON . . . .95 

 FEATHERED NEIGHBORS .... Ill 



"MUS'RATTIN' " . . . . . .169 



A STUDY IN BIRD MORALS . . 185 



EABBIT ROADS . . . . . .207 



BRICK-TOP ". . . . . . . 233 



SECOND CROPS 247 



WOOD-PUSSIES 277 



FROM RIVER-OOZE TO TREE-TOP . . 295 

 A BUZZARDS' BANQUET . . . . 321 

 UP HERRING RUN 341 



I wish to thank the editors of " Lippincott's Magazine," " Frank 

 Leslie's Popular Monthly," "Zion's Herald," and the "Youth's 

 Companion " for allowing me to reprint here the chapters of 

 " Wild Life Near Home " that first appeared in their pages. 



r -i DALLAS LORE SHARP. 



