_Two Adventurers--Gray Fox and Screech Owl_ Frontispiece
_Br'er Fox and Br'er Possum_ 4
_The Singer of the Night--The Screech Owl_ 16
_A Crow Chorus_ 25
_Just Out of the Nest--Young Red Squirrels_ 28
_The Dear Deer Mice_ 35
_Death-in-the-Dark--The Great Horned Owl_ 44
_Flyer, the Squirrel_ 52
_The Long-tailed Weasel_ 64
"_The Young Ravens shall neither lack nor suffer Hunger_" 82
_The Jewel-Box of the Wood Pewee_ 96
_The Red-Shouldered Hawk_ 104
_Mrs. Killdeer at Her Nest_ 108
_Mr. Flicker at Home_ 126
_The Mourning Dove in Her Nest_ 128
_Pink and White Lady Slippers_ 146
_The King of the Forest--The Banded Rattlesnake_ 154
_The Great Blue Heron at Breakfast_ 160
_The Marsh Hawk's Nest_ 164
_Lotor, the Coon_ 184
_The Seventh Sleeper--The Skunk_ 192
_The Whistlepig_ 196
_The Junco on His Watch Tower_ 219
_No Admittance--per order, Mr. Screech Owl_ 222