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AN INTERESTED Fox 97 



THE DREAM OF THE WILD Fox 107 



THE STONE WALL WHERE THE DOG LOST THE TRAIL 120 



THE Fox WATCHING THE HOUND 122 



WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE 127 



THE NEST OF THE WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE 131 



THE GRAY SQUIRREL FOREST IN WINTER 139 



IN THE ORCHARD 143 



FLYING SQUIRREL 163 



THE HOME OF THE FLYING SQUIRREL 167 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE SONG SPARROW 1 76 



IN WINTER. 177 



SECTION REMOVED SHOWING INTERIOR WITH NEST AND EGGS. 193 



THE " BLUEBIRD Box" 195 



SECTION REMOVED SHOWING MICROPHONE. 197 



THE BLUEBIRD TREE 201 



ROBIN ON HER NEST 208 



YOUNG ROBINS THIRTEEN DAYS OLD 212 



THE FEEDING -GROUND OF THE CHIMNEY SWIFT 215 



NEST AND YOUNG OF THE CHIMNEY SWIFT. . . ... 220 



THE NESTING-PLACE OF THE BOBOLINK. . . . 224 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE BOBOLINK 229 



THE LAND OF THE WOODCOCK 239 



THE WOODCOCK FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PHOTOGRAPHS. 243 



" FOURTH AND FIFTH PHOTOGRAPHS 247 



"JIM" 263 



"OLD WHITE WING. " (MOUNTED) 269 



ENTRANCE TO THE LITTLE RAVINE 275 



"OLD WHITE WING" AND HIS BAND. (DRAWING) 281 



DEATH OF "OLD WHITE WING." (DRAWING) 285 



THE GREAT HORNED OWL 290 



AN UNUSUAL NESTING-PLACE 293 



THE GREAT HORNED OWL WATCHING THE DOG 301 



YOUNG SCREECH OWLS 3 6 



" BILLY AND BETTY" 31 1 



BILLY WONDERING WHAT THE Fuss WAS ABOUT 315 



THE HOME AND FEEDING-GROUND OF THE RED-TAILED HAWK. . 319 

 LOOKING THE SITUATION OVER 3 2 3 



