''oL IX. 



JANUARY, J90t. 



The beautiful is as useful as the M^eixil. — Victor Hn^o. 



No. ;, 



BIRDS 



AND 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



THE OLD YEAR (Alfred Tennyson) [Poem] ..'.... I 



THE WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL [lUustration] 2 



THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) [Poem]^ . 5 



THE STUDY OF BACTERIA (Adolph Gehrmann) .... 6 

 THE YELLOW-BREASTED FLYCATCHER (Carrie B. Sanborn) [Poem] 



THE TOWNSEND'S WARBLER [Illustration] JI 



THE STORY OF SOME BLACK BUGS (Louise Jamison) . . J2 



THE SOLITARY SANDPIPER (H. S. KeUer) 13 



THE KNOT OR ROBIN SNIPE [Illustration] 14 



VIOLA BLANDA (NeUy Hart Woodworth) [Poem] J 4 



THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BIRD (Caroline CroKminshield Bascom) 17 



THE AMERICAN HAWK OWL [Illustration] 23 



A BIRD CALENDAR BY THE POETS (Arranged by Ella F. Mosby) 24 



THE OYSTER AND ITS RELATIVES (Frank Collins Baker) [Illustration] . 26 



THE PASSING OF SUMMER (Benjamin Karr) [Poem] .... 32 



THE COLLARED LIZARD [Illustration] .to 35 



A NIGHT IN THE FLOWER-GARDEN-A FAIRY STORY (Fannie Wright 



Dixon) ........... 36 



RABBIT^S CREAM (Hattie Whttney) [Poem] 37 



THE APPLE (Charles S. Raddin) [lUustration] 38 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SEED-BEARING PLANTS ( John Merle 



Coulter) .......... 42 



VANILLA (Albert Schneider) [Illustration] . ^^^^;-»i=— T^?^ . 47 



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