100

VIII. ARDEA'S SOLDIER 121

IX. THE FLYING CLOWN 133

X. THE LOST DOVE 150

XI. LITTLE SOLOMON OTUS 163

XII. BOB, THE VAGABOND 180

NOTES

CONSERVATION 198

NOTES TO THE STORIES 199

A BOOK LIST 208

ILLUSTRATIONS

_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_