Vol. XV. 



JANUARY, J904 



The beautiful is as useful as the Mseful.—yic/or/Iuj^o. 



No. I 



CONTENTS 



THE SNOW STORM (Ralph Waldo Emerson) [Poem] . . . . i 



THE ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER [Illustration] .... 2 

 WHAT THE CHILDREN FOUND OUT ABOUT DUCKS (Mrs. Rhodes Campbell) 5 



NATURE'S ORCHESTRA (Robert Kerr Colville) [Poem] - - - 6 



THAT WINTER MORNING (L. O. Mosher) - 7 



A NESTING INCIDENT (Norman O. Foerster) ft 



THE GOLDEN EAGLE (Illustration) 11 



REST YE HEAR (Frank Farrington) [Poem] ----- 13 



THE LAPLAND LONGSPUR [Illustration] I4 



THE CATTLE SPIDER (Andrew James Miller) • . - - . 17 

 AN ABANDONED FARM HOUSE AND WH.\T WE MADE OF IT (Ellen Rob- 

 ertson Miller) -....-.... ig 



THE HORNED TOAD (Henrietta Lee Coulling) 20 



THE FORSTER'S TERN [Illustration] 28 



BIRDS OF ONE YEAR (Lucie A. Peabodv) 24 



THE HABITS OP THE AMERICAN GOLt)FlNCH (Gerard Alan Abbott) [Illus- 

 tration] ........... 26 



SOME CURIOUS BIRDS (Belle Paxson Drurv) 29 



THE MONTANA GRAYLING (Seth M indwell) [Illustration] - - - 35 



A NATURALIST'S CALENDAR (Henrv Johnstone) [Poem] ■ - - 36 



BIRD SYMPATHY (Thomas Havs Uzzell) .... - 37 



THE WATERMELON (Charles S. Raddin) [Illustration] - - - . 38 



THE STRANGE STORY OF MISS CECROPIA (Ruth Marshall) - - 41 



THE SULPHURY POLYPORUS [Illustration] 47 



A GLASS ROAD (Louise Jamison) 48 



THE FOG (Edgar Maolaren Swan) [Poem] 48 



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