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JULY 



PAGE 



BIRDS IN A CITY 173 



NIGHT Music OF THE SWAMP ......... 183 



THE COMING OF MAN 191 



THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS . . . . . . . 197 



INSECT Music ........... 203 



AUGUST 



GRAY DAYS OF BIRDS 209 



LIVES OF THE .LANTERN. BEARERS ........ 217 



A STARFISH AND A DAISY ......... 221 



THE DREAM OF THE YELLOW-THROAT 225 



SEPTEMBER 



THE PASSING OF THE FLOCKS 229 



GHOSTS OF THE EARTH .......... 235 



MUSKRATS 241 



NATURE'S GEOMETRICIANS ......... 245 



OCTOBER 



AUTUMN HUNTING WITH A FIELD GLASS 253 



A WOODCHUCK AND A GREBE 259 



THE VOICE OF ANIMALS 263 



THE NAMES OF ANIMALS, FROGS, AND FISH ...... 271 



THE DYING YEAR 281 



NOVEMBER 



NOVEMBER'S BIRDS OF THE HEAVENS ....... 285 



A PLEA FOR THE SKUNK ......... 291 



THE LESSON OF THE WAVE 295 



WE GO A-SPONGING 299 



DECEMBER 



NEW THOUGHTS ABOUT NESTS ........ 307 



LESSONS FROM AN ENGLISH SPARROW 313 



THE PERSONALITY OF TREES . . . . . . . . .319 



AN OWL OF THE NORTH ...... . 335 



