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JULY 



PAQB 



BIBDS IN A CITY 165 



NIGHT Music OF THE SWAMP 172 



THE COMING OP MAN 179 



THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS 182 



INSECT Music 188 



AUGUST 



GRAY DAYS OF BIBDS 195 



LIVES OF THE LANTEBN BEABEBS 202 



A STABFISH AND A DAISY 205 



THE DBEAM OF THE YELLOW-THBOAT 209 



SEPTEMBER 



THE PASSING OF THE FLOCKS 215 



GHOSTS OF THE EABTH 220 



MUSKBATS 223 



NATURE'S GEOMETRICIANS 226 



OCTOBER 



AUTUMN HUNTING WITH A FIELD GLASS .... 235 



A WOODCHUCK AND A GfiEBE 241 



THE VOICE OF ANIMALS 245 



THE NAMES OF ANIMALS, FBOGS, AND FISH .... 252 



THE DYING YEAR 264 



NOVEMBER 



NOVEMBER'S BIRDS OF THE HEAVENS 269 



A PLEA FOB THE SKUNK 275 



THE LESSON OF THE WAVE 278 



WE Go A-SPONGING 282 



DECEMBER 



NEW THOUGHTS ABOUT NESTS 291 



LESSONS FROM AN ENGLISH SPARROW 297 



THE PERSONALITY OF TREES ....... 303 



AN OWL OF THE NORTH . . ., ... . 319 



