In Berkshire fields . inter is richer in color masses than spring or In Berkshire Fields WALTER PRICHARD EATON Illustrated byWALTER KING STONE. HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON (3> £3 6 8t In Berkshire Fields Copyright, 1920, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published September, 1920 TO WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON CONTENTS PAGE Foreword . . • • • xi Landlord to the Birds . i Jim Crow ... 27 The Cheerful Chickadee . 55 The Menace from Above 77 By Inland Waters . ... 100 Poking Around for Birds Nests . 122 The Queen of the Swamp . 151 Forgotten Roads 15


In Berkshire fields . inter is richer in color masses than spring or In Berkshire Fields WALTER PRICHARD EATON Illustrated byWALTER KING STONE. HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON (3> £3 6 8t In Berkshire Fields Copyright, 1920, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published September, 1920 TO WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON CONTENTS PAGE Foreword . . • • • xi Landlord to the Birds . i Jim Crow ... 27 The Cheerful Chickadee . 55 The Menace from Above 77 By Inland Waters . ... 100 Poking Around for Birds Nests . 122 The Queen of the Swamp . 151 Forgotten Roads 158 From a Berkshire Cabin . 170 Little Folks That Gnaw . .185 The Ways of the Woodchuck . 212 Foxes and Other Neighbors . 234 In Praise of Trees 262 Enjoying the Influenza 285 Adventures with an Ax . .291 Weeds Above the Snow 301 ILLUSTRATIONS WINTER IS RICHER IN COLOR MASSES THAN SPRING OR SUMMER Frontispiece A RAIN-POOL BATH AMONG THE ROCKS Page I TREE-SPARROWS FEEDING IN THE SNOW Facing p. 4 Chickadees in a Japanese print 10 Jennie Wren brings scores of grubs to the nest . Page 13 The martin-house . . .


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