14 ILLUSTRATIONS 



A Large Wasp is Digging Holes in Our Lawns 144 



The Oriole Weaves a Deep, Round Pocket (full page) . . . 165 



Fall 175 



Poison Ivy has the Qualities that Win in Life's Race (full 



page) 185 



The Dragon-fly Haunts the Water 192 



The Box-tortoise has Quite a Taste for Mushrooms 195 



A Ripe Old Age has Overtaken this Stalk 209 



A Courtly Old Gentleman (full page) 215 



A Lone Fisherman (full page) 227 



A Sheltered Spot to Pass the Winter 230 



The Burglar 236 



A Good Job of Burglary 237 



Winter 243 



The Woodpecker is a Most Industrious Fellow 255 



The Christmas Fern 259 



The Hawk-moth 271 



The Lace-bug 272 



The Buttonwood Sets its Twigs with Uncompromising 



Assertion 274 



The Ruffed Grouse 282 



The Flock Takes to the Blocks of Ice (full page) 289 



A Paper Palace 297 



The Beaver's Heir-at-law (full page) 303 



