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CONTENTS 
The Great Northern Diver . 
The Powder Post Beetle 
A Floating Island 
Active Gleaners . 
Flocking Already! 
When the Swallows 
The Fascination of Light . 
The Canadian Mocking-Bird 
The Old Sport . 
A Migrating Butterfly 
The Great Blue Heron 
Flowers of the Season 
The Passing of Summer 
The Waning Year 
The Witch Hazel 
The Tussock Moth 
Epipactis Viridiflora . 
Departing Summer Visitors . 
Whip-Poor-Will 
Birds of Passage . 
The Haunt of the Coot 
A Lonely Wanderer 
The Autumn Panorama 
The Dead Leaves Fall 
Weather Prophets 
As the Year Passes 
Preparing for Spring . 
Early Winter 
Some Winter Visitors . 
Winter Buds 
Bittersweet .... 
Inspired by the Snow . 
An Evening Reveller ♦ 
The Great Horned Owl 
Muskrats . 
Last Day of Danger ♦ 
The Beach in Winter . 
Nature's Dreams . 
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