ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE Fox SPARROWS' BATH . Frontispiece 



SKUNK TRACKS 3 



CAT TRACKS 4 



TRACKS OF HARE JOINED BY DOGS 6 



"IN A BURST OF SPEED ACROSS THE OPEN FIELD" ... 7 



DOG TRACKS IN FOUR INCHES OF SNOW 7 



TRACKS OF THE WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE 9 



"A GRAY SQUIRREL WITH A RED SQUIRREL AT HIS HEELS " . 11 



Fox TRACKS 12 



MUSKRAT TRAIL 14 



"INTO THE AIR THEY WENT" 26 



WHITE-FOOT " IN THE WINTER GALES" 33 



"FIVE WEE MICE" 35 



WHITE-FOOT AND THE HICKORY- NUTS 38 



A VIREO'S NEST IN WINTER 40 



" WIND-SWEEPINGS " . . .' . . . . . . .41 



TOSSUM IN THE PERSIMMON TREE . ". . . ... . 50 



WEASEL "WATCHING ME FROM BETWEEN THE STICKS" . 58 



" A CHICKADEE ! " 62 



" DOING THE EXCAVATING THEMSELVES " 69 



