CONTENTS. 



PAQH 



A WORD AT THE START, IN LIEU OP a PREFACE .... 6 



CHAP. I. OUR MAMMALS IN GENERAL 17 



II. GLIMPSES OP WILD-CATS 22 



HI. WICKED WEASELS 27 



IV. OUR COMMON MINK 33 



V. THE SKUNK 38 



VI. THE OTTER 46 



VII. THE FLYING-SQUIRREL 51 



VIII. THE CHIPMUNK 68 



IX. WILD MICE 64 



X. MUSK-RATS AND SQUIRRELS AS WEATHER-PROPHETS . . 73 

 XI. DOES THE OPOSSUM PLAY "'POSSUM"? . . . .84 



XII. OUR BIRDS IN GENERAL 93 



XIII. THE MIGRATION OF INLAND BIRDS 97 



XIV. A SHORT STUDY OF BIRDS' NESTS 124 



XV. THE SONGS OF BIRDS 136 



XVI. CHATS AND WRENS: A SUMMER'S STUDY .... 145 

 XVII. THE CAROLINA WREN: A YEAR OP ITS LIFK . . . 153 



XVIII. Do SWALLOWS HIBERNATE? 159 



XIX. A SECLUDED CORNER 183 



XX. THREE BEECHES 191 



XXI. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS 198 



XXII. EARLY MORNING 201 



XXIII. A WALK IN WINTER 209 



XXIV. FEEDING HABITS OF KINGFISHERS 214 



XXV. THE SAW- WHET AND OTHER OWLS 218 



XXVI. NOTES ON OUR HERONS 226 



XXVII. NOTES ON THE WOOD-DUCK . . 237 



