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 "BIRDS IN THE BUSH" . . . 



HAUNT OF THE PHCEBE . 



A TREE -TOP SINGER. 



THE BROWN THRASHER .... 



THE BOBOLINK AT HOME . 



WIDE-AWAKE DAY-DOZERS. . . . 



THE ARTFUL "DRUMMER". 8 4 



TAIL-PIECE 



THE HANG-BIRD'S NEST. . . 



THE "POLITICIAN" . . 



IN THE TRAIL OF THE COON . . . 



VISITORS TO THE CATERPILLAR TENT 9 8 



"No ROSE WITHOUT A THORN" 100 



A SNAKE-SKIN SPECIALIST 102 



THE REDSTART'S NEST .104 



THE DANDELION THIEF .105 



FERN-WOOL GLEANERS 107 



HAUNT AND HOME OF THE REDWING no 



To FEATHER THE NEST \\} 



ALLEN'S HUMMING-BIRD AT HOME (Tail-piece) 116 



THREE INSECT BOTANISTS (Comma, Semicolon, and White J. Butterflies) 1 19 



GLACIAL BOTANISTS I2"> 



THE BUTTERFLY OF THE UMBEL FAMILY 129 



AN EXPERT ON THE MUSTARD FAMILY . - 1 32 



A BOTANIST THAT KNOWS BEANS 134 



DISCRIMINATING "SKIPPERS" 136 



A RANDOM POSY 141 



THE BUTTERFLY OF THE FIGWORTS 14^ 



PAST AND PRESENT (Tail-piece) 149 



A WILD GARDEN ^ 



WHITE CYPRIPEDIUM . iss 



A GROUP OF ORCHIDS (Spiranthes, Calopogon, Goodyera, and Pogonia) isy 



INDIAN-PIPES ,50 



THE HAREBELI ,5, 



