ILLUSTRATIONS 11 



FOXY PAGE 



At the least alarm they would flatten out on a limb and 



were not easily seen from below 114 



A nest of dry leaves would be built high in a treetop . .115 



The newborn young are very small and naked and blind . 117 



They soon don their furs 117 



It just filled the hollow of Melvin's hand 119 



They found one with its eyes open and all its clothes on . 120 



Foxy's open-air dining table 121 



Foxy and Freddie were very good friends 123 



He would scamper upon a box and help himself .... 125 



THE HATCHING OF THE TURTLES 



Every year, in the month of June, Mother Snapping Turtle 



left the water and took a little journey 130 



As soon as an egg cracked open, a little nose would 

 be pushed out, and there Baby Turtle would sit for 

 hours 132 



If disturbed, she would try to hide by drawing her head as 



far back as possible into her shell 135 



They had grown but little in the year spent in the aquarium 137 



THE GOLD-BANDED PAPER-MAKER 



He found a small paper nest 144 



Mother Wasp feeding her young 144 



Larva spinning its cocoon 152 



The emerging wasps would not forage for baby sisters . . 152 

 The Naturalist decided to take the nest to his study, and see 



what he could do toward raising the orphans by hand . 157 

 None of the mature wasps remained more than a few days, 



when they disappeared 160 



BUNNY COTTONTAIL 



"Look out, papa, and see who's here" 167 



The rabbit is a timid and defenseless animal 169 



Small boys set an innocent-looking trap 170 



Baby Cottontail after leaving the nest 173 



She makes a little hollow in the earth and lines it with her 



own fur 174 



The young rabbit in its snug little nest 174 



