ILLUSTRATIONS 



WINTER is RICHER IN COLOR MASSES THAN SPRING OR SUMMER Frontispiece 



A RAIN-POOL BATH AMONG THE ROCKS Page I 



TREE-SPARROWS FEEDING IN THE SNOW ....... Facing p. 4 



CHICKADEES IN A JAPANESE PRINT " 10 



JENNIE WREN BRINGS SCORES OF GRUBS TO THE NEST . Page 13 



THE MARTIN-HOUSE " 19 



THE PLAY OF THE CHIMNEY-SWIFTS AT TWILIGHT ... " 21 



TAPPING AWAY AT A FROZEN BIT OF SUET Facing p. 22 



A PHCEBE NESTING UNDER THE PORCH EAVES " 24 



WINTER OR SUMMER, THE CROW HAS HIS PLACE IN THE 



PROSPECT Page 2J 



A FLEDGLING CROW 29 



CRYING INCESSANTLY FOR FOOD 31 



HE WOULD FOLLOW UP THE ROWS OF FRESH-TURNED EARTH 33 

 HlS LIKING FOR BRIGHT OBJECTS IS SOMETIMES A NUISANCE 35 

 SINKING HIS CLAWS INTO THE WOOL AND CAWING DELIGHT- 

 EDLY 37 



A GREAT HORNED OWL FLYING LOW IN THE TREES ... 47 



THE CROW IN TURN IS ATTACKED BY SMALLER BIRDS . . Facing p. 50 



WINGING CHEERILY AGAINST THE WHITENED LANDSCAPE . Page 55 



OTHER BIRDS GO SOUTH IN WINTER THE CHICKADEE REMAINS 57 



THE FIRST SNOWFALL BRINGS THE CHICKADEE TO OUR WINDOWS 59 



THE CHICKADEE, OR BLACK-CAPPED TITMOUSE 6 1 



HE MAKES LIGHT OF THE RIGORS OF WINTER 63 



ON BLACKBERRY STALKS BY GRAY STONE WALL THE CHICKA- 

 DEES ARE CONSPICUOUS OBJECTS 6 7 



