ILLUSTRATIONS 



They were likely to skip out and depend upon their ability 



to hide 175 



Ready to be off with the slightest alarm 177 



A JOLLY OLD CROW 



Jolly Jim Crow 181 



A sly old rascal was robbing the turkey's nest .... 182 



Crow's egg, life-size 183 



He made friends with the bantam hen and with a skunk that 



lived there at the time 190 



The baby was feeding him bread and milk with a spoon . 191 

 The boys decided that crows would be very good subjects 



for observing on their own account 192 



It was no mean climb to the nest 193 



They found a nest in a tall tree near the river .... 195 

 There were but two eggs in the nest when the picture was 



taken 195 



Young crows, twenty days old 196 



The last of the young ones had left the nest . . . . 197 



THE CATERPILLAR'S PROPHECY 



The milkweed suffered seriously as a result of their presence, 



and was soon almost entirely stripped of its leaves . . 203 



As the youngsters neared maturity the Naturalist took them 



to his study, where he could observe their final change 204 



It turned itself into the form of a question mark, as though, 

 like the Naturalist, trying to peer beyond the veil that 

 hid its future 205 



The caterpillar gradually became incased in a beautiful 

 casket of green and gold, as though some invisible 

 fairy were preparing it for burial 206 



She then remained quietly hanging to the shell of the empty 



casket 208 



