Contents. 



Chap. Page 



I. Winter Birds . . i 



II. December by Land and Sea . 1 2 



III. On the Sands of Ipswich . . .20 



IV. Among the Foothills . . 29 

 V. Where February is Spring .... 44 



VI. Familiar and Unfamiliar Bird Songs 55 



VII. In the Mount Hope Lands ... 69 



VIII. Under the Shadow of Wachusett . 78 



IX. A Meadow Chronicle . . 91 



X. Swallow Fond 99 



XI. In the Land of Norumbega , . 107 



XII. Summer Birds .... ... 114 



XIII. Along the Beach . 121 



XIV. Late Summer in the Adirondacks . 134 



APPENDIX. Local Lists 153 



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 hubbardston, mass, 

 chateaugay Lake, n. y. 



