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 SQUIRRELS AND OTHER FUR-BEARERS By John Burroughs With Fifteen Illustrations In Colors After Audubon CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. Squirrels 1 II. The Chipmunk 15 III. The Woodchuck 32 IV. The Rabbit and the Hare 38 V. The Muskrat 43 VI. The Skunk 48 VII. The Fox 53 VIII. The Weasel 72 IX. The Mink 90 X. The Raccoon 94 XI. The Porcupine 98 XII. The Opossum 106 XIII. Wild Mice 111 XIV. Glimpses of Wild Life 125 XV. A Life of Fear 135 Index 145 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Red Fox (page 53) (From a photograph by Wm. Lyman Underwood, Belmont, Mass.) Frontispiece Flying Squirrel 4 Gray Squirrel 8 Chipmunk 18 Woodchuck 34 Gray Rabbit 40 Muskrat 46 Skunk 50 Weasel 74 Mink 90 Raccoon 96 Porcupine 102 Opossum 108 White-footed Mouse 112 Jumping Mouse 120 Red Squirrel 136 BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS Sketches Of Bird Life Taken From The Works Of John Burroughs With Illustrations By Louis Agassiz Fuertes CONTENTS The Bluebird 1 The Bluebird (poem) 13 The Robin 15 The Flicker 21 The Ph�be 28 The Coming of Ph�be (poem) 31 The Cowbird 33 The Chipping Sparrow 36 The Chewink 39 The Brown Thrasher 42 The House Wren 47 The Song Sparrow 53 The Chimney Swift 61 The Oven-Bird 69 The Catbird 72 The Bobolink 77 The Bobolink (poem) 82 The Wood Thrush 83 The Baltimore Oriole 91 The Whip-poor-will 95 The Black-throated Blue Warbler: A Search for a Rare Nest 100 The Marsh Hawk: A Marsh Hawk's Nest, a Young Hawk, and a Visit to a Quail on her Nest 106[vi] The Winter Wren 119 The Cedar-Bird 122 The Goldfinch 125 The Hen-Hawk 130 The Ruffed Grouse, or Partridge 133 The Partridge (poem) 137 The Crow 138 The Crow (poem) 144 The Northern Shrike 147 The Screech Owl 151 The Chickadee 157 The Downy Woodpecker 161 The Downy Woodpecker (poem) 169 Index 173 ILLUSTRATIONS Goldfinch (in color). (page 125) Frontispiece A Pair of Bluebirds 8 Flicker (in color) 22 Chewink, Male and Female (in color) 40 Wood Thrush 84 Baltimore Oriole, Male and Female 92 Whip-poor-will 96 Downy Woodpecker (in color) 162 UNDER THE MAPLES By John Burroughs