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Chick, D.D. in his pulpit Frontispiece Firs that pointed to the sky 2 "Woodland Music after an Ice-Storm" 4 Birds, too, that had lived in rough winds 25 Floated beside him in the sea another gull, to whom he talked pleasantly 28 After Larie found a clam, he would fly high into the air and then drop it 30 It was not for food alone that Larie and his mate lived that spring 31 One was named Peter, for his father 34 The spot she teetered to most of all 43 Dallying happily along the river-edge 47 Immer Lake 51 Two babies, not yet out of their eggshells, hidden among the rushes 53 While their children were napping, Gavia and Father Loon went to a party 61 At Work in the Plaster Pit 72 The Hunting Flight 74 They always chatted a bit and then went on with their work, placing their plaster carefully 77 Quaint Clay Pottery 81 A Famous Landmark 85 Above all other creatures of this great land he had been honored 87 The Yankee-Doodle Twins 90 In this Mother Crow had laid her eggs 101 "Kah! Kah! Kah!" he called from sun-up to sun-down 109 Corbie slipped off and amused himself 116 She wore, draped from her shoulders, snowy plumes of rare beauty 122 Near Ardea's Home 124 That criss-cross pile of old dead twigs was a dear home, and they both guarded it 127 The Flying Clown 135 Peaceful enough, indeed, had been the brooding days 141 The little rascals could practise the art of camouflage 144 Suppose you should find just one pair 153 Through all the lonesome woods there is not one dove 158 Once, so many flew by, that the sound of their wings was like the sound of thunder 161 Oh, the wise, wise look of him 165 Solomon knew the runways of the mice 168 Those five adorable babies of Solomon 171 He passed the brightest hours dozing 174 It was time for the Feast of the Vagabonds 185 Something south of the Amazon kept calling to him 189 Nature has kept faith with him and brought him safely back to his meadow 195