TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Chapter. Page. 



I. Hoar-Frost 9 



II. Snowed in 27 



III. Open Winter S3 



IV. Below Zero 66 



V. A January Thaw 81 



VI. The Voices of Spring 100 



VII. The Bluff and The Cat-Tails 107 



VIII. Along the Creek 119 



IX. Early April and The Phoebe 140 



X. Later in April 172 



XI. Late in April 204 



XII. The Third of May 231 



XIII. The Swamp, The Field, and The Lake 268 



XIV. The Tenth and Eleventh of May 307 



XV. Pewees and The Hooded Warbler 336 



XVI. Birds Around the House 354 



XVII. The First Days of June 368 



XVIII. Georgian Bay 408 



XIX. Tenting on The Niagara 431 



XX. Bird-Life in Nova Scotia 488 



XXI. New Jersey Coast and The Osprey 545 



XXII. Autumnal Days 555 



XXIII. Reminiscences 573 



XXIV. Gleanings 603 



