CONTENTS
| I. | The Wit of a Duck | [5] |
| II. | An Astonished Porcupine | [10] |
| III. | Human Traits in the Animals | [14] |
| IV. | The Downy Woodpecker | [22] |
| V. | A Barn-Door Outlook | [27] |
| VI. | Wild Life in Winter | [47] |
| VII. | Bird Life in Winter | [54] |
| VIII. | A Birds' Free Lunch | [63] |
| IX. | Bird-Nesting Time | [70] |
| X. | A Breath of April | [77] |
| XI. | The Woodcock's Evening Hymn | [83] |
| XII. | The Coming of Summer | [89] |
COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY E. H. HARRIMAN
COPYRIGHT, 1904, 1905, 1908, AND 1913 BY JOHN BURROUGHS
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