CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Birds from a City Eoop . . . . i 

 The Hunting of the Woodchuck . . 19 



Three Sermons 31 



The Marsh 45 



Cawco and the Kittens. . . .77 



The Sparrow Eoost 91 



"Mux" 107 



Kacoon Creek 121 



The Dragon of the Swale . . . 147 

 Tickle-birds and the Coccinellid^ . 161 



The Crazy Flicker 177 



Some Friendly Birds .... 187 

 "The Longest Way Eound" . . . 199 

 "One Flew East and One Flew West" 213 



Chickaree . 231 



Bird Friendships 251 



Farm-yard Studies 261 



I wish to thank the editors of "St. Nicholas," the "National 

 Magazine," the "Atlantic Monthly," and the "Youth's Com- 

 panion " for allowing me to reprint here the chapters of " Roof 

 and Meadow " that first appeared in their pages. 



Dallas Lore Shabp. 

 [Vii] 



