ILLUSTRATIONS 



WINTER IS RICHER IN COLOR MASSES THAN SPRING OR SUMMER Frontispiece 



A RAIN-POOL BATH AMONG THE ROCKS Page I 



TREE-SP ARROWS FEEDING IN THE SNOW Facing p. 4 



Chickadees in a Japanese print " 10 



Jennie Wren brings scores of grubs to the nest . Page 13 



The martin-house . . . . . . " 19 



The play of the chimney-swifts at twilight . " 21 



Tapping away at a frozen bit of suet Facing p. 22 



a phcebe nesting under the porch eaves " 24 



Winter or summer, the crow has his place in the 



PROSPECT . . . Page 2J 



a fledgling crow " 29 



Crying incessantly for food ... " 31 



he would follow up the rows of fresh-turned earth " 33 

 His liking for bright objects is sometimes a nuisance ' ' 35 

 Sinking his claws into the wool and cawing delight- 

 edly . . . . . " 37 



A great horned owl flying low in the trees . . 47 

 The crow in turn is attacked by smaller birds . . Facing p. 50 

 Winging cheerily against the whitened landscape . Page 55 

 Other birds go south in winter — the chickadee remains ' ' 57 

 The first snowfall brings the chickadee to our windows ' ' 59 

 The chickadee, or black-capped titmouse . . . 61 

 He makes light of the rigors of winter ... " 63 

 On blackberry stalks by gray stone wall the chicka- 

 dees are conspicuous objects " 67 



