DECEMBEK, J902. 



The beautiful is as useful as the Mzetol.— Victor Huzo. 



Mo, 5. 



BIRDS 



AND 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



DECEMBER (Joel Benton) [Poem] . . . . . . .193 



THE HOODED ORIOLE [Illustration] 104 



THE ORIOLE'S MISSION (Christine B. Moray) [Poem] . . . .197 



THE CLOTHES MOTH AND ITS METHODS (Louise Jamison) . . 197 



INCIDENTS ABOUT BIRDS (E. E. Lockwood) 



THE CHUCK- WILL'S- WIDOW [Illustration] 201 



AN AMATEUR CIRCUS (Paul Brenton Eliot) 202 



THE GRAY-CROWNED LEUCOSTICTE [Illustration] ... 204 



CORUNDUM AND SPINEL (Oliver Cummings Farrington] . . .207 



THE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW [Illustration] .... 213 



AFTER THE SNOW STORM (Mary Grant O'Sheridan) [Poem] . . 214 



THE FEATHERED FISHERMAN (Walter Cummings Butterworth) . 215 



A WINTER-PIECE AMONG THE PENTLANDS (Henry Johnstone) [Poem] 215 

 THE CARNATION (Charles S. Raddin) [Illustration] . . . . 216 



WINTER SONG (Frank Farrington) [Poem] 219 



BIRDS OF PROMISE (Alberta Field) 220 



HOW A CAT SAVED THE LIFE OF A CANARY (Mary Catherine Judd) . 222 

 THE POCKET RATS [Illustration] . . .... 225 



WINTER VISITORS (Caroline Parker) 226 



BEAUTIFUL VINES TO BE FOUND IN OUR WILD WOOD-III (J. O. Cochran) 227 



THE PERSIMMON [Illustration] 



AS TO ALLIGATORS (Leo L. Stratner) ...... 231 



DANDELION (Albert Schneider) [Illustration] 235 



PROM SPRING TO RIVULET (Grace E. Harlow) [Poem] . . .236 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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