CONTENTS

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A Short Month[ 1]
A Full Migration[ 9]
A Favorite Round[ 17]
In the Cambridge Swamp[ 25]
A Quiet Afternoon[ 34]
Popular Woodpeckers[ 42]
Late Summer Notes[ 50]
Wood Silence[ 60]
Southward Bound[ 67]
Four Dreamers[ 74]
A Day in Franconia[ 82]
With the Waders[ 91]
On the North Shore Again[ 104]
Autumnal Moralities[ 117]
A Text from Thoreau[ 127]
The Pleasures of Melancholy[ 135]
In the Old Paths[ 142]
The Prosperity of a Walk[ 152]
Signs of Spring[ 159]
Old Colony Berry Pastures[ 168]
Squirrels, Foxes, and Others[ 177]
Winter as it was[ 186]
“Down at the Store”[ 194]
Birds at the Window[ 203]
A Good-by to Winter[ 212]
Bird Songs and Bird Talk[ 219]
Chipmunks, Bluebirds, and Robins[ 226]
March Swallows[ 233]
Woodcock Vespers[ 242]
Under April Clouds[ 250]
Flying Squirrels and Spade-foot Frogs[ 258]
The Warblers are coming[ 267]
Index[ 275]

THE CLERK OF THE WOODS

THE CLERK OF THE WOODS