The beautiful is as useful as the Mseful.— Victor Hu^o. 



COWTENTS 



WHEN CRAB TREES BLOW (L. O. Mosher) [Poem] - - - - 198 



THE SOUTH AMERICAN RHEA [Illustration] 194 



REX (M. R. Hodder) - 197 



THE PINTAIL DUCK [Illustration] .-....- 201 



SEEDS (Belle Paxson Drury) - 202 



THE MAGNOLIA WARBLER (H. Walton Clark) [Illustration] - - 204 



BLUEBIRD JOTTINGS (Frank M. Boner) 207 



GOO'S GREEN VELVET (L. F. Harman) [Poem] - - - - 209 



THE GREAT BLUE HERON (Collins Thurber) [Illustration] - - - 214 



WEEDS AND THEIR WAYS (Mary Lee Van Hook) - - - - 213 



BLOOMING OF THE FLOWERS (Charles F. Fudge) [Poem] - - 216 

 THE NESTING HABITS OF SOME BIRDS [Illustration] - - -215 



LITTLE BOY BLUE (Louise Jamison) 220 



THE BLUEBIRD (Edith Drury Lenington) [Poem] - - - - 221 



THE BANQUET IN THE SNOW (Hattie Waskburn) . , - . 222 



THE DOUBLE YELLOW-HEADED PARROT [Illustration] - - - 225 



MRS.HOPSEE SHOWS ME A PRAIRIE HEN'S NEST (Millie Noel Long) - 226 



IN THE ORCHARD (Amanda M. E. Booth) 226 



THE BAY-BREASTED WARBLER [Illustration] 228 



A MODERN NARCISSUS (Mildred Van Deman) 231 



A STORY OF A BLUEBIRD (Bertie M. Phillips) 231 



THE BLACK-NECKED STILT (Frank Morley Woodruff) [Illustrated] - 235 



HOUSE FLIES (Burton B. Reineman) - 236 



AMONG THE HILLS (George H. Maitland) [Poem] .... 236 



INDEX 237 



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