ILLUSTRATIONS 



He was still sitting on his perch greeting the gold of 



the morning sun with melodious uproar . Frontispiece 



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 The fox may slink for an hour unscared, waiting with 



watchful eye on the neighboring chicken coop . 6 

 The mother bird, dancing and mincing along . . 38 



Out from among the birches she sails gracefully, a 



veritable queen of the fairies 64 



There was the swish of wings, the snip-snap of a 



bird's beak, and it was all over 86 



The way of the " kiver " is this. There is a single, 

 snappy, business-like bob, then another, then 

 three in quick succession 96 



That such things are not seen oftener is simply 

 because people are dull and go to bed instead 

 of sitting out under the witch-hazel at midnight 

 of a full moon 114 



Of a clear midsummer evening you may hear the 

 muskrat grubbing roots there . . . and hear his 

 snort and splash when he dives at sudden sight 

 of you 142 



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