CONTENTS 



PAGE 



I. Amohg the Wild-Flowees 1 



II. The Hkakt op the Southekn Catskills . 33 



III. Birds' Eggs 61 



IV. BiED Courtship 77 



v. Notes from the Prairie 87 



VI. Ete-Beams ... .... Ill 



VII. A Young Marsh Hawk . , ... 133 



VIII. The Chipmukk 145 



IX. Spring Jottings 15S 



X. Glimpses of Wild Life 171 



XI. A Life of Fear 193 



XII. Lovers of Nature 203 



XIII. A Taste of Kentucky Blue-Grass . . . 221 



XIV. In Mammoth Cave 241 



XV. Hasty Observation 251 



XVI. Bird Life in an Old Apple-Tkeb . . . 271 



XVII. The Ways of Sportsmen 277 



XVIII. Talks with Young Observers . . . 283 



Index 317 



The frontispiece is from a photograph of Mr. Burroughs taken 

 in 1895. The vignette was etched by Mr. W. H. W. Bicknell 

 after a photograph of the house at Riverby, Mr. Burroughs's place 

 on the Hudson. 



