CONTENTS 



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Foreword . . . • • • xi 



Landlord to the Birds . . i 



Jim Crow ... . 27 



The Cheerful Chickadee . 55 



The Menace from Above 77 



By Inland Waters . ... . 100 



Poking Around for Birds' Nests . . 122 



The Queen of the Swamp . . 151 



Forgotten Roads 158 



From a Berkshire Cabin . 170 



Little Folks That Gnaw . . .185 



The Ways of the Woodchuck . 212 



Foxes and Other Neighbors . . 234 



In Praise of Trees 262 



Enjoying the Influenza 285 



Adventures with an Ax . .291 



Weeds Above the Snow 3 01 



