Vol. VIII. NOVEMBER, J900. 



The beautiful is as useful as the \LQef\il.— Victor Hugo. 



No. 4. 



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CONTENTS. 



NOVEMBER CWiinam Collen Bryant) [Poem] 

 SOME FACTS ABOUT THE WESTERN WILLET 



( Frank M. Woodruff ) [Illustration] 

 CRUEL TREATMENT OF BIRDS DEMANDED BY DAME 



FASHION (Lynds Jones) 



THE FALL MIGRATIONS (Mary Drummond) [Poem] 

 THE WAYS OF SOME BANTAMS (May H. Prentice) . 

 THE BUFFLE-HEAD [Illustration] .... 



AN HOUR WITH AN ANT (Harriet Woodbridge) . 

 SONG (George Eliot) [Poem] ..... 



THE AMERICAN EARED GREBE [Illustration] . 

 THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FISHES 



(Seth E. Meek) 

 THE LOUISIANA TANAGER [lUustration] 

 CHATTER OF A CHAT (Elizabeth Nunemacher) . 

 THE LUNA AND POLYPHEMOUS MOTHS 



(Charles Christopher Adams) [Illustfation] 

 CASTLES IN THE AIR (Charles Elmer Jenny) . 

 THE PRONG-HORNED ANTELOPE [Illustration] 

 PLANT PROTECTION (John Merle Coulter) [Illustration] . 

 THE BIRTH OF A TREE (Lucia BeUe Cook) [Poem] 

 THE ALMOND (Albert Schneider) [Illustration] . • 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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