ILLUSTRATIONS
Dallas Lore Sharp
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
Phoebe 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
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