Signs And Seasons

THE WRITINGS OF VII SIGNS AND SEASONS BOSTON AND NEW YOHK HOUGHTON MIFFUN COMPANY CopyrigM 1888, 1895, 1904, and By John Burroughs All rights reserved CONTENTS PAGE L A SHARP LOOKOUT ...... 3 II. A SPRAY OF PINE .... 39 III HARD FARE ....... 53 IY, THE TRAGEDIES OF THE NESTS ... 67 Y. A SNOW-STORM 95 VI. A TASTE OF MAINE BIRCH ... 105 VII, WINTER NEIGHBORS . .... 135 VIII. A SALT BREEZE ...... 159 IX. A SPRING KELISH 175 X. A RIVER VIEW ...... 195 XL BIRD ENEMIES. ...... 215 XII. PHASES OF FARM LIFE .... 233 XIII. ROOF-TREE 263 INDEX ........ 281 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE LEAST FLYCATCHER page 221 .... Frontispiece From a drawing by L. A. Fuertes A PIKE GROVE 44 From a drawing by diaries H. Woodbury THE BIRDS WINTER BREAKFAST ., 56 From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason BROWN CREEPER colored 66 From a drawing by L. A. Fuertes TOWARDS BALD MOUNTAIN FROM MOOSEHBAD LAKE 130 From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason FERNS IN EARLY SPRING . . 188 From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason A DUTCH BARN 236 From a drawing by C. Scott White SIGNS AND SEASONS