WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD 



Illustrations 



AN INQUIRING WOODCHUCK ....... Frontispiece 



From a. photograph from life 



RED SQUIRREL Facing p. 4 



From a photograph from life 



A FRIENDLY CHIPMUNK " IO 



From a photograph from life by Mary F- Cressy 



A MUSKRAT'S WINTER HOUSE " l8 



Photographed by H. W. Fisher 



COOPER S HAWK . . . : .*-; '. . ... " 32 



From a photograph from life by H. K. Job 



DOWNY WOODPECKER " 46 



From a photograph from life by H. K. Job. 



WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH ..".*. " 60 



From a photograph from life by H. K. Job, 



HOSPITALITY TO A CANADA SPARROW . . " 68 



From a photograph from life by H. K Job. 



YOUNG SHRIKES . .' . . . . . . . . " 76 



From a photograph from life by L. W. Brownell. 



WET SNOW IN MARCH " 84 



From a photograph by Clarence Lown 



A BLUEBIRD . . '. " 122 



From a photograph from life by L. W. Brownell 



A CHIPPING SPARROW * 132 



From a photograph from life by L W Brownell 



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