Chapter I: Introduction: ix

I. THE SUMMER AFIELD 1
II. THE WILD ANIMALS AT PLAY 9
III. A CHAPTER OF THINGS TO SEE THIS SUMMER 18
IV. THE COYOTE OF PELICAN POINT 27
V. FROM T WHARF TO FRANKLIN FIELD 39
VI. A CHAPTER OF THINGS TO HEAR THIS SUMMER 46
VII. THE SEA-BIRDS’ HOME 57
VIII. THE MOTHER MURRE 65
IX. MOTHER CAREY’S CHICKENS 79
X. RIDING THE RIM ROCK 88
XI. A CHAPTER OF THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER 100
XII. THE “CONY” 112
NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS 123

ILLUSTRATIONS

A SUMMER EVENING--BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS _Frontispiece_
RED CLOVER AND BUMBLEBEE 4
RED SALAMANDER, OLD AND YOUNG 7
NEWTS 7
HIPPOPOTAMUS--“IT WAS HIS GAME OF SOLITAIRE” 9
THE OTTER AND HIS SLIDE 12
“FOLLOW MY LEADER” 14
BUTTERFLIES AT PLAY--“WHIRLING OVER MT. HOOD’S POINTED PEAK” 16
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD AND NEST 20
ORCHIDS 22
YOUNG COWBIRD IN VIREO’S NEST 25
COYOTE--“WHAT A SHOT!” 28
ARGIOPE, THE MEADOW SPIDER 44
CICADA--“DOG-DAYS-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z” 48
“THE BATS FLITTING AND WAVERING ABOUT” 49
RED-EYED VIREO--“DO YOU BELIEVE IT?” 52
TUFTED PUFFINS 59
BRANDT’S CORMORANT 63
A MOTHER SPIDER WITH HER SACK OF EGGS 67
THE FATHER STICKLEBACK ON GUARD 68
CALIFORNIA MURRE--“WITH THREATENING BEAK WATCHED THE TWO MEN
COME ON” 75
PETRELS--“SKIMMING THE HEAVING SEA LIKE SWALLOWS” 80
RIDING THE RIM ROCK--“NECK AND NECK WITH A BIG WHITE STEER” 97
SASSAFRAS 105
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE 106
POISON SUMACH 107
POISON IVY 108
VIRGINIA CREEPER 109
THE DEADLY MUSHROOMS 110
POKE BERRIES 111
THE CONY, OR PIKA 116