INTRODUCTION TO RIVERSIDE EDITION
I. THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS
II. IN THE HEMLOCKS
III. THE ADIRONDACKS
IV. BIRDS'-NESTS
V. SPRING AT THE CAPITAL
VI. BIRCH BROWSINGS
VII. THE BLUEBIRD
VIII. THE INVITATION
INDEX


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
JOHN BURROUGHS
Etched by W. H. W. Bicknell, from a daguerreotype
PARTRIDGE'S NEST
From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason
A CABIN IN THE ADIRONDACKS
From a photograph by Clifton Johnson
AMERICAN OSPREY, OR FISH HAWK (colored)
From a drawing by L. A. Fuertes
BIRD'S-FOOT VIOLETS
From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason
BLUEBIRD
From a drawing by L. A. Fuertes




INTRODUCTION TO RIVERSIDE EDITION