vui ILLUSTRATIONS 



PERCHED ON THE END OF A BARE TWIG AS IN A JAPANESE 



PRINT . . . ... . ... . ...... Page 69 



IN THE HUSHED NAVES OF THE FOREST " 71 



IN SEARCH OF FOOD IN A WINTER CORN-FIELD .... " 75 



THE DUCK-HAWK NESTS ON THE LEDGES OF ROCK PRECIPICES ' ' 83 



THE RED-TAILED HAWK DROPPING FROM HIS AERIAL PATHWAY ' ' 8.5 

 THE SPARROW-HAWK IS A PRETTY LITTLE FALCON THAT 



DOES MORE GOOD THAN HARM 87 



THE MARSH-HAWK 89 



THE GREAT HORNED OWL, OR " SIX-HOOTER" " 93 



THE SNOWY OWL 95 



THE DIM FORM OF A SCREECH-OWL OUTLINED AGAINST THE 



TWILIGHT SKY Facing p. 9g 



YOU MIGHT HAVE SUPPOSED THE MERGANSERS WERE MERELY 



PLAYING A GAME COASTING DOWN THE CURRENT . . " IO2 



WOOD-DUCKS ARE FEWER IN NUMBER THAN THEY USED 



TO BE Page IO5 



THE BLACK DUCK IS THE DUCK MOST OFTEN SEEN ON INLAND 



WATERS ~ \ " 108 



THE GREAT BLUE HERON SUGGESTS A JAPANESE PRINT . IIO 

 THE LITTLE GREEN HERON HAS SHOWN A STURDY ABILITY 



TO LOOK AFTER HIMSELF Facing p. 112 



EVERY COUNTRY BOY KNOWS THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER . . Page 116 

 THE KINGFISHER IS EXTREMELY DECORATIVE AS HE PERCHES 



HIGH OVER POND OR RIVER " 119 



HOUSES AND BARNS ATTRACT THE WRENS AND SWALLOWS. " 127 



THE ORCHARD HAUNTS OF THE WOODPECKER IN SPRING . " 133 



SOUNDING HIS SWEET, SAD, ANDANTE CALL TO HIS MATE . ";; 143 

 THE BLACKBIRDS MAKE LIVELY THE AIR OVER THE SEDGY 



BORDERS OF STREAMS AND PONDS . . . * . . * " *45 

 THE COTTONTAIL RABBIT BENEATH A TENT OF SWAMP 



SHRUBBERY " 187 



A VARYING HARE UNDER HIS SNOW-LADEN, FAIRY ROOF . " . 19! 



THE FAMILIAR, AGGRESSIVE, FEARLESS, QUARRELSOME RED 



SQUIRREL " 195 



A CHIPMUNK WAITING EXPECTANTLY FOR BREAKFAST . . " 199 



