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CONTENTS. Page. i i 
APRIL : : : ! : - : . - 145. sake 
THE PROCESSION OF SPRING - - - - - - 145 nae 
THE AMERICAN BITTERN [[Iiffustration] - : - : “£46 Aig 
OUR LITTLE MARTYRS (George Klingle) - - . - 146 Sieh 
LITTLE GUESTS IN FEATHERS (Nelly Hart Woodworth) : - - 149 nay rf 
ORIGIN OF THE EASTER EGG (Efanora Kinsley Marble) - - 151 Ly 
; MORAL VALUE OF FORESTS - - - - - - 152 ahh 
THE SCARLET IBIS _[Ifflustration] - - - - - Webi 
CHIPPY—A BABY MOCKING BIRD (Martha Crombte Wood). .casmssstsemnerne oe Chen 
BIRDLAND SECRETS (Sara E. Graves) = - prema Wer Fis Mi 
THE MASSENA QUAIL [lIl{lustration] - - , 3 ty 
IN THE OLD LOG HOUSE (Bertha Seavey Saunier) f° .\\- © ae 
THE TRIPLET TREE (Charles Coke Woods, Ph.D.¥’ - - aint 
COUNTRIES DEVOID OF TREES - : ane 
THE RING-BILLED DUCK _ [Illustration] - ated 
A STRANGE BIRD HOUSE (Addie L. Booker) ; AO 
THE CHICKADEE (Sidney Dayre) - - a it 
REFLECTIONS (Charles C. Marble) - Mop 
FOXGLOVE (Dr. Albert Schneider)  [Iffustration] ital 
FRUIT BATS OF THE PHILIPPINES - - ss a 
A PLEA FOR THE TREES (Anne Wakely Jackson) aS 
“THAT I MAY HELP”? - . . - my 
A TRAGEDY IN THREE PARTS . le As 
STRANGE PLANTS - - - : ye 
A BRIGAND BIRD - - - - BAe 
THE BROOK - - - - - : - . 176 2 
THE BLOOD-ROOT (William Kerr Higley) ([Iffustration] . - - 179 7. 
TANSY CAKES_ - - - - - - : - 180 
OUR FEATHERED NEIGHBORS (Berton Mercer) - - - - 183 
THE BLUE GROSBEAK [Illustration] - - - - - 182 
ODD PLACES CHOSEN (Guy Stealey) - - - - - 182 
THE YOUNG NATURALIS - - - : : 3s 185 
IRELAND’S LOST GLORY - - - - - - : 188 
THE ROCK SHELLS (Frank Collins Baker) ([Iffustration] - - - 191 
EDITED BY C. C. MARBLE. 
ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 
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