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NATURE 



CONTENTS 



THE CATBIRD (Madiscn Cawein) [Poem] 



THE HERMIT THRUSH (Collins Thurber) [Illustratlonl 



THE HERMIT THRUSH (Edith Willis Linn) [Poem] 



CURIOUS PLANTS— Part I (Belle Paxson Drury) 



THE RESCUE OP A SPARROW Nina King) 



THE SONG SPARROW (H. Walton Clark) [lUustrationl 



WHERE THE WRENS BUILT (Gazelle Stevens Sharp) 



THE HERON'S NEST (Ella F. Mosby) [Poem" 



THE YELLOW -BILLED CUCKOO [Illustration] 



THE LINDEN TREE (Evelvn Singer) - - - ■ 



THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMING BIRD [IllustrationJ ■ 



HUMMINGBIRDS (George W. MacNinch) 



MIDSUMMER (Mrs. Cora A. Matson Dolson) [Poem] 



THE HOUSE WREN [Illustration] .... 



IMMORTELLE (C Leon Brumbaugh) [Poem] 



HUMMING BIRD HOMES (Edith Willis Linn) 



THE WILD GOOSE (Thomas Jefferson Marlin) [Poem] 



A BOY'S OBSERVATIONS OF A HUMMING BIRD (Harlan Trask) 



JENNY WREN AND THE SPARROWS (Harmonia Tate) 



THE PHCEBE [Illustration] . - - - 



SPIDER COURTSHIP (Louise Jamison) 



THE PRICKLY PEAR (Nina King) 



THE BUTTERFLY ( Jac Lowell) [Poem . 



THE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET [Illustration] 



THE WESTERN MEADOWLARK (Hattie Washburn) 



A BIRD IN HAND (Mary Catherine Judd) 



AUGUST (Belle A. Hitchcock) [Poem] ^ - „ ■„, 



THE MOURNING DOVE (Frank Morley Woodruff) [lUust: ^^_ 



THE RUSSET-BACKED THRUSH (Nellie Hart WoodworttU^[Pofcm] 



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