LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Two Adventurers — Gray Fox and Screech Owl . Frontispiece 



Br'er Fox and Br'er Possum 4 



The Singer of the Night — The Screech Owl . . . . 16 



A Crow Chorus 25 



Just Out of the Nest — Young Red Squirrels . . . 28 



The Dear Deer Mice 35 



Death-in-the-Dark — The Great Horned Owl .... 44 



Flyer, the Squirrel 52 



The Long-tailed Weasel 64 



" The Young Ravens shall neither lack nor suffer Hunger" 82 



The Jewel-Box of the Wood Pewee 96 



The Red-Shouldered Hawk 104 



Mrs. Killdeer at Her Nest 108 



Mr. Flicker at Home 126 



The Mourning Dove in Her Nest 128 



Pink and White Lady Slippers 1^6 



The King of the Forest — The Banded Rattlesnake . .154 



The Great Blue Heron at Breakfast 160 



The Marsh Hawk's Nest 1&4 



Lotor, the Coon . 154 



The Seventh Sleeper — The Skunk 192 



The Whistlepig 196 



The Junco on His Watch Tower 219 



No Admittance — per order , Mr. Screech Owl 



