VoL Vn. JANUARY, i900. 



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No, I. 



BIRDS »^^ "^ 



AND ALL 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



JANUARY [Poem] 



THE OLD YEAR AND YOUNG YEAR [Poem] (Nora Pcfty) 



THE VIRGINIA RAIL [Illustration] .... 



COTTON FABRICS (W. E. Watt, A.M.) 



THE WISE LITTLE BIRD [Poem] . 



GRASSHOPPER SPIDER (Charles Cristadoro) y 



BLUE WINGED TEAL [lUustration] . ^- < 



THE GRAY STUMP (NcU Kimberly McEIhon^' -' 



REMEMBERED SONGS [Poem] 



YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD [lUurtratioU 



WITH OPEN EYES (Olive Schreiner) . V ./i 



BIRD NOTES (Anne Wakcly Jackson) ^■' 



SOUTHWARD BOUND (EUa F. Mosby) 



THE BLACK SQUIRREL [Ulustratlon] ... 



THE ROBIN'S MISTAKE (L. Whitney Watkini) 



THE DOVE. NOAH'S MESSENGER (GwmvaU Osborne) 



THE WEASEL [lUustration] 



BIRDS AND THE WEATHER .... 



STRANGE ILLUMINATIONS (P. W. H.) . . • 



THE PINK HOUSE IN THE APPLE TREE (Nelly Hart Woodworth) 



THE QUINCE (Dr. Albert Schneider) [Iflustratlon] 



DIAMONDS AND GOLD 



LIQUID AIR 



COMMON MINERALS AND VALUABLE ORES (Theo. F. 

 [Illustration] . . ..... 



THE DANGER FROM THE IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS 



THE AMERICAN BISON 



THE TURTLE DOVE [Poem] (Gianville Osborne) 



THE SORROWFUL TREE 



MARKED WITH BLEEDING HEARTS 



LILY OF THE VALLEY (Prof. W. K. Higley) [Ifluattatfon] 



MUSHROOMS ON BENCHES 



Edited by C. C. MARBLE 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY 



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