LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Two Adventurers Gray Fox and Screech Owl . Frontispiece 



Br'er Fox and Br'er Possum . .. . 4 



The Singer of the Night The Screech Owl . ... 16 



A Crow Chorus . . ''..-,.. .- '. . . . 25 



Just Out of the Nest Young Red Squirrels . . . . 28 



The Dear Deer Mice . .. . . . . . . 35 



Death-in-the-Dark The Great Horned Owl . ._.." 44 



Flyer, the Squirrel ... . . . .. . . 52 



The Long-tailed Weasel . . . . . ... $4 



" The Young Ravens shall neither lack nor suffer Hunger" 82 



The Jewel-Box of the Wood Pewee . . . . . 96 



The Red-Shouldered Hawk . . . | f . , . 104 



Mrs. Killdeer at Her Nest . , . . . . : m 



Mr. Flicker at Home , . . , . . . . . 126 



The Mourning Dove in Her Nest . . , ,* :. 128 



Pink and White Lady Slippers . . ,---- .. .; . 146 



The King of the Forest The Banded Rattlesnake . . 154 



The Great Blue Heron at Breakfast . . , . . 160 

 The Marsh Hawk's Nest . . ; . . ||| . . * 164 



Lotor, the Coon . . . ' . 184 



The Seventh Sleeper The Skunk 192 



The Whistlepig . , , . v ...... 196 



The Junco on His Watch Tower 219 



No Admittance per order, Mr. Screech Owl 



