Vol. X. 



SEPi'EMBEK, Mi. NoTT 



The beautiful is as useful as the useful.— Victor Hugo. S0$>1 3" 



BIRDS 



AND 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



TO A HUMMINGBIRD (John Vance Cheney) [Poem] 



THE ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD [Illustration] 



LONGING (Lloyd Thompson) [Poem] . . 



EXPERIENCES WITH HUMMERS (J. Mayne Baltimore) 



MY HUMMINGBIRD (Willis Edwin Hurd) [PoemJ 



THE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD [Illustration] 



WHAT A LITTLE MOUSE SAID (Jessie Juliet Knox) 



ABOUT A SPARROW (H. S. Keller) . . 



THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW [Illustration] 



A PLANT THAT MELTS ICE (Louise Jamison) 



THE HUMMINGBIRDS (Juliette A. Owen) 



EACH IN ITS OWN WAY [Poem] . . 



THE PARULA WARBLER [Illustration] 



A DAINTY LOVER (Louise Jamison) 



A BIRD NOTE (Berton Mercer) . . 



GOLDENROD (John Wesley Wafte) [Poem] . 



BALLADE (Angelo Poliziano, J 454- 1 494) [Poem • 



TOURMALINE (Oliver Cummings Farrmgton) (.Illustration j 



THE STAR FISH (Rest H. Metcalf) . • 



IN THE MEADOW (Sarah E.Sprague) [PoemJ • , 



THE INDIAN ELEPHANT (Dane Coohdge) [Mustrat.on] 



THE WILD CLEMATIS (Jenny Terrill Ruprccht) IPoemJ 



TOPSY (Martha R. Fitch) • • • * * 



^^?}&&&?%&hf%$8Sl (George* Banc^t Griffith, 



ON THE SAN JOAQUIN (Charles Elmer Jenney) . 



THE BENGAL TIGER (Dane Coolidge) [Illustration] 



AD VESPERAM (Mary Grant O. Sheridan) [PoemJ 



EDITED BY WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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