Vol. XIV. 



NOVEMBER, J903 



The beautiful is as useful as the useful. —Victor Hugo. 



No, 4 



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SHELTER (Eliza Woodworth) [Sonnet] , . 



THE PINE SISKIN [Illustration] .... 



HOW WE SAW THE BIRDS (Mrs Charles Norman) 



HEAVENLY VISITANTS (Bessie Andrews Dana) [Poem] 



THE DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. [Illustration] . 



THE CARDINAL (Mary McGowan) [Poem] . 



BUN (Elizabeth Miles Derrickson) .... 



THE TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER [Illustration] 



THE DISOBEDIENT TOAD (Henrietta Lee Couliingr) 



SOME DOGS THAT I HAVE KNOWN (Marv McCrae Culter) 



THE OLD AUTUMN STORY (Frank Farrington) [Poem] 



THE KINGFISHER'S NEST (Louis P. Zimmermau) 



THE AMERICAN DIPPER OR WATER OUZEL [Illustration] 



WILD CARROT (Edith H Kennev) [Poem] . 



A STORY OF THE LEAVES (Ella F. Mosbv) 



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THE HABITS OF THE KILLDEER PLOVER (Gerard Alan Abbott) [Illustration] 170 



MEADOW LARK (Juliette A Owen) 173 



SEA URCHINS AND SAND DOLLARS (Frank Collins Baker) [Illustration] 179 



COMEDY OF THE WINDOW-SILL (Henry Johnstone) [Poem] . . 181 



THE BLACK BASSES (Seth Mind well) [Illustration] .... 182 



MUST THE SNOWY HERON BECOME EXTINCT? (George Kllngle) . 186 



THE AMERICAN WASPS (Edward Bamford Heaton) ... 9 187 



THE MASKED TRICHOLOMA (Elizabeuh Willis Woodworth) [Illustration] 191 



THE SONG OF THE WIND (John Jordan Douglass) [Poem] W* 



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