ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR 



THESE DRAWINGS ARE DEDICATED TO MY PARENTS, WHOSE SYM- 

 PATHETIC INTEREST IN A BOY'S ENTHUSIASM 

 MADE THEM POSSIBLE. W. K. S. 



WHITE AS THE DRIVING SNOWFLAKES, THE GREAT OWL SWEEPS SOUTHWARD 



WITH THE STORM Frontispiece 



FROM OUT THE WHITE AND PULSING STORM I HEAR THE SNOWBIRDS CALL- PAGE 



ING. John Burroughs ......... 4 



THE HALF-COVERED RIVULET BECOMES A MONSTER GLACIER-FED STREAM 



RUSHING DOWN THROUGH GRAND CANYONS ...... 12 



A BIRD-PLANTED AVENUE OF TREES, THE LANDSCAPE GARDENING OF THE 



WAXWINGS ........... 20 



CECROPIA COCOON AND CHICKADEE ........ 26 



THE WEASEL IN HIS WINTER DRESS OF PURE WHITE FUR .... 32 



SPARROWS, CHICKADEES AND WOODPECKERS GO NEARLY WILD WITH EXCITE- 

 MENT WHEN THEY DISCOVER THE LITTLE OWL 38 



IN AND OUT THROUGH THE SHADOWY DEPTHS . . . FLOAT A SCHOOL OF LlTTLE 



SUNFISH ............ 46 



AN AIR-CASTLE IN A BRAMBLE 54 



THE OPOSSUM A NOCTURNAL MARAUDER ...... 58 



BLUE JAYS THE EPITOME OF THE WINTER LANDSCAPE .... 64 



THE ENEMY OF THE TINY MEADOW MICE 70 



THE SUET MANNA OF THE WOODPECKER ....... 74 



WITH THE THAWING RAYS OF THE SPUING SUNSHINE, SNAKES BEGIN TO STIR 



IN THEIR LONG WINTER SLEEP 82 



BLOSSOMS AND SNOWFLAKES ......... 86 



THE DEATH OF THE SAPSUCKERS' TREE ....... 92 



IN THE DUSK OF EVENING THE WOODCOCK BEGINS HIS SONG ... 96 



THE BIRDS IN THE MOON 100 



THE DOOM OF THE WORM ......... 104 



THE CHICKADEE OFTEN PLUCKS OUT HAIR WITH WHICH TO LINE HIS SNUG NEST 110 

 THE BASSO PROFUNDO OF THE MARSH . . . . . . .116 



LITTLE STRIDERS ON THE WATER ........ 120 



THE NlGHTHAWKS WHICH SOAR AND BOOM ABOVE OUR ClTY STREETS, WHENCE 



COME THEY? . 124 



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