. XIIL 



JANUARY, 1903. 



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



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BIRDS 



AND 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



TO NATURE (William Cowan) [Sonnet] 



THE EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH [Illustration] 



WINTER DINNERS (Irwin G. Priest) 



A BRAVE LITTLE MOTHER MOUSE (Lee McCrae) 



' THE ESKIMO CURLEW [Illustration] 



AT THE SIGN OP THE POINTED GABLE (Sara Bulkley Rogers) 



THE SILVER POPLAR (Lulu Whedon Mitchell) [Poem] . 



THE SAVANNA SPARROW [Illustration] 



THE RED-TAILED BUMBLE-BEE'S NEST (Wilmatte Porter i 



THE SEER AND THE BIRD (J ac Lowell) [Poem] 



THE MUSHROOM ANTS (Louise Jamison) 



THE YEAR (Frank Farrington) [Poem] 



THE NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER [Illustration] 



A MINIMIZED IGUANODON (Andrew James Miller) 



THE PARMER AND THE BARN SWALLOWS (Mary Ellen Perley) 



THE DRAGON FLY (Alvin M. Hendee) 



NESTING OP THE REDHEAD DUCK (Gerard Alan Abbott) 



THE LOON (George Carey) [Poem] 



THE ROSE IN MYTH AND HISTORY (Charles S. Raddin) 



A BOWL OP ROSES (Harriet Warner Higley) [Sonnet] 



THE CYNTHIA SILKWORM MOTH [Illustration] 



OUR BIRDS IN WINTER (L. O. Mosber) 



BERRIES AND THEIR NAMES (Ella F. Mosby) 



PEARL (Oliver Cummings Farrington) [Illustration] 



IN A GARDEN OP ROSES (Willis Edwin Hurd) [Poem] 



THE ROSE (Albert Schneider) [Illustration] 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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