CONTENTS 



FASE 



I. A Sharp Lookout 1 



II. A Spray of Pine 35 



III. Hard Fake 49 



IV. The Tragedies of the Nests .... 63 

 V. A Snow-Stokm 89 



VI. A Taste of Maine Birch .... 99 



VII. Winter Neighbors 127 



VIII. A Salt Breeze .... . . 149 



IX. A Spring Relish 363 



X. A EivER View 183 



Xl Bird Enemies 201 



XII. Phases of Farm Life 219 



XIII. Eoof-Tree 247 



Index 263 



The frontispiece, a pine grove, was etched hy Charles H. 

 Woodbury, and the vignette, a scene from farm life, by Sidney 

 L. Smith. 



