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