CONTENTS 



VAsa 



I. Among the Wild-Flowers 1 



II. The Heart op the Southern Catskills . 33 



III. Birds' Eggs 61 



IV. Bird Courtship ....... 77 



V. Notes from the Prairie 87 



VI. Eye-Beams Ill 



VII. A Young Marsh Hawk . o .... 133 



VIII. The Chipmunk 145 



IX. Spring Jottings 155 



X. Glimpses of Wild Life 171 



XI. A Life of Fear 193 



XII. Lovers of Nature 203 



XIII. A Taste op Kentucky Blue-Grass . . . 221 



XIV. In Mammoth Cave 241 



XV. Hasty Observation 251 



XVI. Bird Life in an Old Apple-Tree . . . 271 



XVII. The Ways of Sportsmen 277 



XVIII. Talks with Young Observers . . . 283 



Index . . . . _ 317 



