viii ILLUSTRATIONS 



Perched on the end of a bare twig as in a Japanese 



PRINT Page 69 



in the hushed naves of the forest " 7 1 



In search of food in a winter corn-field .... " 75 



The duck-hawk nests on the ledges of rock precipices ' ' 83 



The red-tailed hawk dropping from his aerial pathway ' ' 85 

 The sparrow-hawk is a pretty little falcon that 



does more good than harm " 87 



The marsh-hawk .... " 89 



The great horned owl, or "six-hooter" " 93 



The snowy owl . " 95 



The dim form of a screech-owl outlined against the 



TWILIGHT SKY Facing p. 93 



You might have supposed the mergansers were merely 



playing a game — coasting down the current . . " 102 

 Wood-ducks are fewer in number than they used 



TO BE . . Page 105 



The black duck is the duck most often seen on inland 



WATERS . . " 108 



The great blue heron suggests a Japanese print . " 110 

 The little green heron has shown a sturdy ability 



TO LOOK AFTER HIMSELF . . ... ... Facing p. 112 



Every country boy knows the spotted sandpiper . . Page 116 

 The kingfisher is extremely decorative as he perches 



high over pond or river 



119 



Houses and barns attract the wrens and swallows. " 127 



The orchard haunts of the woodpecker in spring . " 133 



Sounding his sweet, sad, andante call to his mate . " 143 

 The blackbirds make lively the air over the sedgy 



borders of streams and ponds " 145 



The cottontail rabbit beneath a tent of swamp 



shrubbery- . . . . . " j8 7 



a varying hare under his snow-laden, fairy roof . " i91 



THE FAMILIAR, AGGRESSIVE, FEARLESS, QUARRELSOME RED 



SQUIRREL " jgj. 



A CHIPMUNK WAITING EXPECTANTLY FOR BREAKFAST . . " 199 



