ILLUSTRATIONS[Spring of the Year—Shadbush]Frontispiece[Hylas peeping “Spring!”]1[“The earliest bloodroot”]4[The Turkey-Hen—“Half a mile from home”]8[Catfish Family]12[Screech Owl—“Out over the meadow he sails”]17[Tree-Toad—“Comes forth to the edge of his hole”]23[Skunk-Cabbage and Bumblebee]27[A Sunfish over its Nest]29[Crested Flycatcher with Snake-skin]31[“One of my little band of crows”]33[Young Painted Turtle, Frogs’ Eggs, Snails, and Whirligig Beetles]45[“One live toad under your doorstep”]46[Phœbe and her Young]55[Pike and Minnows]62[Fox Barking—“Upon the bare knoll near the house”]66[Pine Marten and Chipmunk]71[“Upon one of these the buzzard sat humped”]79[Young Turkey Buzzard]83[Brown Thrasher—“Our finest, most gifted songster”]87[Painted Turtle—“Began to bury herself”]103[Chipmunk eating June-bugs]117[“Two tumble-bugs trying to roll their ball up hill”]127[“The box turtles scuff carelessly along”]130