ILLUSTRATIONS ix 



A Red Squirrel .92 



A Kinglet , 93 



Initial, Chapter XIII 96 



Wild Geese 102 



Tailpiece 103 



NOTE 



It is interesting' to observe that the subject of the initial for chapter iv is 

 witch-hazel ; that for chapter vu, the cocoons of the cecropia, the prome- 

 thea, and the basket worm ; and that for chapter vin, a. sprig of alder, 

 with the old fruit and a budded catkin. The subjects of the other initials 

 require no identification. 



