Vol. XV, 



FEBRUARY, 1904 



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NATURE 



CONTENTS 



AMONG THE TREES (William Cullen Bryant) fPoem] - 



THE HOUSE FINCH [Illustration] .... 



MY THRUSHES (Nelly Hart Wordsworth) [Poem] 



DOGS AIs'D SNOWSHOES (Pearl McCowan) 



THE ANTS' HERD (Wilmatte Porter Cockerell) 



SAILOR JACK (Martha R. FJtch) 



THE LESSER SCAUP DUCK (Gerard Alan Abbott) [Illustration] 



MEMOIRS OF A WOODLAND (John Jordan DouRlass) - 



COLORADO LARK BUNTING (Mrs. A. Q. Goettlng) [Poem] 



THE KITTIWAKE (Illustration) .... 



A BIRD'S STRANGE WAY OF COURTING (Hattie Reynolds) 



A LITTLE FORESTER (B. A. E.) .... 



THE AMERICAN GOSHAWK [Illustration] - 



THE BIRDS OF SHAKESPEARE (Ella F. Mosby) 



THE HABITS OF THE LESSER SCAUP DUCK (Qerard Alan Abbott) 



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^UMAGE OP BIRDS (Belle Paxson Drury) 

 EVENING (George Gee> [Poem] : , . . 



THE YELLOWSTONE TROUT (Seth Mindwell) [Poem] 

 FLOWERS OF THE TREES (Mary Lee Van Hook) 

 GRAPE FRUIT (Charles S. Raddln) [Illustration] 

 BIRDS IN WINTER (Leon Hausmann) 

 THE STARS (William Reid) [Poem] .... 

 CROWDED OUT (Loveday Almira Nelson) 

 THE SCARLET IBIS (Eliza Wood worth) fPoemJ - 

 THE CINNABAR FUNGUS [Illustration] 

 HAIL PROCREANT SUN (C Leon Brumbaugh) [Poem] 

 CATCHING THEIR PREY (Louise Jamison) 

 THE OLD PINE (Jac Lowell) [Poem] 



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