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THE RED-TAILED HAWK Frontispiece 



THE GRAPHIC, WITH RELEASE APPARATUS 3 



THE TILTING TRIPOD IN USE 9 



NATURE'S BRIDGE FOR HER FOUR-FOOTED CHILDREN 14 



THE SUMMER HOME OF THE WOODCHUCK 16 



ON THE LOOKOUT 19 



THE MOTHER LISTENING FOR UNUSUAL SOUNDS 23 



THE MOTHER WOODCHUCK ON THE FENCE 27 



THEY FELL ASLEEP 30 



THE SKUNK , 32 



THE REAR ONE OF THE LINE 43 



RACCOON CREEK 51 



THE RACCOON 59 



" PLAYING 'POSSUM" 63 



A CHARACTERISTIC POSE 67 



A CHICKEN-HOUSE THIEF 69 



FEASTING ON EGGS 71 



" O LORD, UNCLE ROBERT, A TOSSUM!" 73 



"DE 'POSSUM AND DE COON" 74 



AN IDEAL MUSKRAT COUNTRY. 79 



THE WINTER LODGE 81 



A BURROW EXPOSED SHOWING A FEW APPLES STORED FOR 



WINTER 84 



A TRAP BAITED FOR MUSKRAT 87 



MUSKRAT RECLINING ON THE LOG 90 



SWIMMING 92 



A MUSKRAT STREAM IN WINTER 93 



A TYPICAL Fox COUNTRY .' 95 



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