DC. 



MAY, J90K 



The beautiful is as useful as the useful. — F/V/tjr ////.c'c?. 



No, 5. 



BIRDS 



AND 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



MAY. (Waltcf Thornbtjry) [Poem] 



AUDUBON^S ORIOLE (Seth Mindwefl) [lUtistfation] . 



TO A SEA-BIRD (Bret Harte) [Poem] 



THE HEART OF A DRYAD (Ella F. Mosby) 



THE MARBLED GODWIT [Illustration] . 



A BIRD-JOKE AT LEAFY LAWN (Gertrude Southwick Kingsland) 



THE RUSTY BLACKBIRD OR GRACKLE [lUustration] 



WHAT EVOLUTION MEANS (Lawrence Irwell) 



THE SURF SCOTER [Ulustration] (Frank M. Woodruff) 



A BACK-YARD CLASS (Lee McCrae) 



THE AMERICAN ELK OR WAPITI [Ulustration] 



A FRIENDLY FIELD MOUSE (J. Clyde Hayden) 



THE OPENING OF WINTER BUDS (Roberta Irvine Brotberson) 



THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS (Oliver WendeU Holmes) [Poem 



THE NAUTILUS AND OTHER CEPHALOPODS (Frank Cot 



lins Baker [Illustration] .... 



THE TRAILING ARBUTUS (Charles S. Raddin) [lUustration] 

 TRAILING ARBUTUS (George Bancroft Griffith) [Poem] . 

 THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL [lUustration] 

 HOPS (Albert Schneider) [Ulustration] .... 

 AWAKENING (Margaret E. Sangster) [Poem] 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIQLEY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



%IJS0 a Year, 



203 Mlchig:aQ Avcnutp Chicago^ UL 



f\. W. M UMFORD. F uBLisfiER. 



