Vol. XL 



vUARY, J902. I 



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BIRDS 



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NATURE 



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CONTENTS. 



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 ' ,„ ARY C57illiam Cullcn Bryant) [Poem] . 

 of LUE-HEADED VIREO [lUustfation] 

 easa AND MRS. OYSTER (Lovcday Almira Nckon) 

 ^•:ALIF0RNIA thrasher [lUustration] , 



WINTER'S SECRET (Mary Noland) [Poem] . 



A QUEER PARTNERSHIP (D. Welby) 



THE BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD [Illustration] 



A BIRD THAT HUNG HIMSELF (Mary McCrae Culter) 



WINTER MEMORIES (Alberta A. Field) [Poem' 



SOME OF OUR WINTER BIRDS (Winthrop Smith) 



THE SROAD- WINGED HAWK [liktstrationj . 



THE BIRD'S COMPLAINT (Henry Johnstone) [Poem] 



CALIFORNIA POPPIES (Clara Hill) 



QUARTZ (Oliver Cummings Farrington) [Illustration] 



MIDWINTER (Hattie Whitney) [Poem] 



A CATASTROPHE IN HIGH LIFE (M. Leila Dawson) 



THE DOMESTIC CAT (John Ainslie) . 



CUBBY (Mary Morrison) [Poem] 



SOAPWORT OR BOUNCING BET [Dlustration] 



TURTLE-HEAD OR SNAKE-HEAD [Illustration] 



THE POCKET BIRD (Belle Paxson Drury) . . . . 



THE BIRDS IN THEIR WINTER HOMES (James Stephen Compton) 



MUSIC LOVING FELINES (S. Virginia Levis) . . . . 



SUGAR-CANE (Albert Schneider) [Illostration] 



DEATH OF THE FOREST MONARCH (George W. H. Phillips Jr.) 

 [Poem] 



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