LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



TO FACE I'AGK 



vireo's nest, in which a coweird has laid its egg 132 

 The same nest cut in half to show relative 



POSITIONS OF CoWBIRD's AND ViREO'S EGGS . 132 



Woodcock Sitting on Nest .... 142 



Wild Canada Geese in Flight .... 152 



Whistling Swans off the Virginia Coast . . 158 



"A long nose protruded from the nest". . 168 



'Possums. " Nearer and nearer he came until 

 HIS nose was visible over the edge of the 



LARGE knob". ...... 170 



Playing 'Possum — " 'Possum II. decided to have 



A LOOK and without CHANGING HIS POSITION HE 



opened his round dark eyes " . . . 172 



The open park-like dry Country at the Foot- 

 hills OF the Sierras of California . .ISO 

 Riding along the steep Slopes on the wa\' to the 



Kern River ....... 182 



The Kern River Valley ..... 184 



Fishing in the Kern River . . . .188 



Volcano Creek ....... 190 



Landing a large Gilbert Trout in the Kern 



River (California) ..... 192 



Sea-trout Fishing in New Brunswick . . 214 



Leaping Salmon ....... 240 



Leaping Salmon ; the line is faintly visible . 240 

 Mending a Canoe with Caribou hides in New- 

 foundland ....... 244 



In the dense Woods below Katahdin . . 260 



" The north-east side of the mountain is an 

 abrupt precipice of solid rock about 4,000 feet 

 HIGH "........ 268 



The Winter Woods ...... 276 



Tracks in the snow. The deep footprints are 

 those of a squirrel which was evidently 

 caught by an owl or a hawk, whose wing 

 tracks are clearly shown .... 280 



In the winter, aviien every twig is covered with 



A glistening coat of ice .... 282 



