Part 1

WILD LIFE NEAR HOME

Wild Life Near Home

By Dallas Lore Sharp

With Illustrations By Bruce Horsfall

NEW YORK

The Century Co.

1901

Copyright, 1901, by The Century Co.

Copyright, 1897, by The J. B. Lippincott Co. Copyright, 1897, by Perry Mason & Co. Copyright, 1898, by Frank Leslie's Publishing House.

Published October, 1901.

TO MY WIFE

CONTENTS

PAGE

IN PERSIMMON-TIME 1

BIRDS' WINTER BEDS 31

SOME SNUG WINTER BEDS 47

A BIRD OF THE DARK 65

THE PINE-TREE SWIFT 79

IN THE OCTOBER MOON 95

FEATHERED NEIGHBORS 111

"MUS'RATTIN'" 169

A STUDY IN BIRD MORALS 185

RABBIT ROADS 207

BRICK-TOP 233

SECOND CROPS 247

WOOD-PUSSIES 277

FROM RIVER-OOZE TO TREE-TOP 295

A BUZZARDS' BANQUET 321