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BIRDS 



AND 



CONTENTS. 



OCTOBER'S BRIGHT BLUE WEATHER 



(Helen H«nt Jackson) [Poem] 



THE COLUMBINE (James Jensen) [Illostration] . 



THE RUFFED GROUSE (Florence Holbrook) . 



THE BLUE GENTIAMS (Charles S. Raddin) [niustration] 



THE BABY LIONS 



SUNFLOWERS AND DAISIES (Albert Schneider) [lUustration] . 



A TRUE STORY OF A WAYWARD BOB WHITE 



(Charles Thompson) 



THE OSWEGO TEA [Illustration] 



FLOWERS AND THELR UNBIDDEN GUESTS 



(John Merle Coulter) 



HOW WE MAY BEST PAY THE DEBT (Lynds Jones) 



THE DOMESTIC FOWL [lUustration] . . . 



THF RAINBOW TROUT (Seta E. Meek) [Illustration] 



THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF FISHES (Seth E. Meek) . 



TF'^OME OF THE SEA BIRDS [Illustration] 



TIjii AMERICAN REDSTART 



(Benjaaiin True Gault) [Illustration] 

 THE FLYING FISH 



Edited by WILL!AW1 KERR HIGLEY. 



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