oLXL. 



FEBRUARY, 1902. 



The beautiful is as useful as the MBeiyil. ~ Victor Hu^o. 



No, 2. 



BIRDS 



AND 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



FEBRUARY (William Callen Bryant) [Poem] . 

 THE BLUE-HEADED VIREO [Ulastration] 

 BOOK AND MRS. OYSTER (Loveday Almira Nekon) 

 THE CALIFORNIA THRASHER [lUastration] . 

 WINTER^S SECRET (Mary Noland) [Poem] . 

 A QUEER PARTNERSHIP (D.Welby) 

 THE BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD [Illustration] 

 A BIRD THAT HUNG HIMSELF (Mary McCraeCuIter 

 WINTER MEMORIES (Alberta A. Field) [Poem] 

 SOME OF OUR WINTER BIRDS (Winthrop Smith) 

 THE BROAD- WINGED HAWK [lUtistrationJ . 

 THE BIRD^S COMPLAINT ' (Henry Johnstone) [Poem] 

 CALIFORNIA POPPIES (Clara Hill) 

 QUARTZ (Oliver Cummings Farrington) [Illttstration] 

 MIDWINTER (Hattie Whitney) [Poem] 

 A CATASTROPHE IN HIGH LIFE (M. Leila Dawson) 

 THE DOMESTIC CAT (John Ainslie) • 

 CUBBY (Mary Morrison) [Poem] 

 SOAPWORT OR BOUNCING BET [Illustration] 

 TURTLE-HEAD OR SNAKE-HEAD [Illustration] 

 THE POCKET BIRD (Belle Paxson Drury) . . . . 



THE BIRDS IN THEIR WINTER HOMES (James Stephen Compton) 

 MUSIC LOVING FELINES (S. Virginia Levis) . . . . 



SUGAR-CANE (Albert Schneider) [Illustration] 

 DEATH OF THE FOREST MONARCH (George W. H. P 

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