CONTENTS 



PART I 



MAMMALS 



PAGE 



THE CAMERA AND ITS ACCESSORIES i 



WOODCHUCK 15 



SKUNK 31 



RACCOON 46 



OPOSSUM 64 



MUSKRAT 76 



Fox 95 



PHOTOGRAPHING A WILD Fox in 



WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE 124 



GRAY SQUIRREL 133 



RED SQUIRREI 150 



FLYING SQUIRREL 162 



PART II 



BIRDS 



MIGRATION OF BIRDS 177 



BLUEBIRD 193 



ROBIN. 205 



WHY THE ROBIN'S BREAST is RED 213 



CHIMNEY SWIFT 215 



BOBOLINK 224 



WOODCOCK 236 



CROWS 249 



OLD WHITE WING 267 



GREAT HORNED OWL 288 



SCREECH OWL 304 



THE "HEN HAWK" AND How IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED 316 



SPARROW HAWK 3 2 7 



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