CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION ix 



PART I. ANIMAL LIFE 



I. THE SHEPHERD DOG 3 



II. THE CAT 13 



III. THE HORSE 19 



IV. THE Cow 30 



V. THE SHEEP 37 



VI. THE Fox SQUIRREL 43 



VII. THE LIFE OF A GRAY SQUIRREL ... 48 



VIII. OUR MOUSE, JIM 56 



IX. THE RABBIT (COMMON HARE) 61 



X. THE CHICKEN 69 



XI. IDENTIFICATION OF BIRDS 86 



XII. THE ROBIN 91 



XIII. THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER . . . 99 



XIV. THE COMMON CROW . . . . .109 

 XV. THE SCREECH OWL 113 



XVI. THE ENGLISH SPARROW 120 



XVII. CATERPILLARS 122 



