The Log of the Sun: A Chronicle of Nature's Year
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FRONTISPIECE BY
WALTER KING STONE
THE LOG
OF THE SUN
A Chronicle of Nature’s Year
By WILLIAM BEEBE
GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING CO., INC.
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1906,
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE
William Beebe
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BIRDS OF THE SNOW
WINTER MARVELS
CEDAR BIRDS AND BERRIES
THE DARK DAYS OF INSECT LIFE
CHAMELEONS IN FUR AND FEATHER
FEBRUARY FEATHERS
FISH LIFE
TENANTS OF WINTER BIRDS’ NESTS
WINTER HOLES
FEATHERED PIONEERS
THE WAYS OF MEADOW MICE
PROBLEMS OF BIRD LIFE
DWELLERS IN THE DUST
SPRING SONGSTERS
THE SIMPLE ART OF SAPSUCKING
WILD WINGS
THE BIRDS IN THE MOON
THE HIGH TIDE OF BIRD LIFE
ANIMAL FASHIONS
POLLIWOG PROBLEMS
INSECT PIRATES AND SUBMARINES
THE VICTORY OF THE NIGHTHAWK
THE GALA DAYS OF BIRDS
TURTLE TRAITS
A HALF-HOUR IN A MARSH
SECRETS OF THE OCEAN
BIRDS IN A CITY
NIGHT MUSIC OF THE SWAMP
THE COMING OF MAN
THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS
INSECT MUSIC
THE GRAY DAYS OF BIRDS
LIVES OF THE LANTERN BEARERS
A STARFISH AND A DAISY
THE DREAM OF THE YELLOW-THROAT
THE PASSING OF THE FLOCKS
GHOSTS OF THE EARTH
MUSKRATS
NATURE’S GEOMETRICIANS
AUTUMN HUNTING WITH A FIELD GLASS
A WOODCHUCK AND A GREBE
THE VOICE OF THE ANIMALS
THE NAMES OF ANIMALS, FROGS, AND FISH
THE DYING YEAR
NOVEMBER’S BIRDS OF THE HEAVENS
A PLEA FOR THE SKUNK
THE LESSON OF THE WAVE
WE GO A-SPONGING
NEW THOUGHTS ABOUT NESTS
LESSONS FROM AN ENGLISH SPARROW
THE PERSONALITY OF TREES
AN OWL OF THE NORTH