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JUNE, 1904 



The beautiful is as useful as the useful. — Victor Hugo. 



INO, W 



CONTENTS 



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A SONG OF CLOVES ( " Saxe Holm •• ) [Poem] 1 



THE LAZULI BUNTING OR BLUE LINNET [Illustration] ... 2 



SOME CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THE SPIDER FAMILY (Carrie May Ashton) 5 

 STRANGE FOOD (Louise Jamison) ....... 7 



A MUSICALE (Maria M. Allyn) [Poem] 8 



THE RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (Gerard Alan Abbott) [Illustration] 11 



THE BEACH AT CORONADO, CALIFORNIA (Clara Hill) ... 12 



RE- VISITED (Geor-ge Bancroft Griffith) [Poem] 13 



THE COMMON OR WILSON'S TERN [Illustration] .... 14 



THE CROW'S WEDDING (Dorothy Lord Maltby) 17 



BACK TO THE WOODLANDS (Samuel O. Gilman) [Poem] ... 18 



DINGO-THE STORY OF A ROBIN (Elizabeth Miles Derrickson) . . 19 



POISONOUS PLANTS (Elma Iona Locke) 20 



THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK [Illustration] . 



THE PASSING OF THE WOODCOCK (H. Walton ClarkJ 



THE BROODING WOODCOCK AS I SAW HER (John, 



THE WHITE BREASTED NUTHATCH [Illustration] 



HONEYSUCKLE (Loveday Almira Nelson) [Poem] 



THE BLESSED BEES (Belle Paxson Drury)' 



THE CARDINAL BIRD (Illustration) . 



A FLYING LESSON (Myra Ormin) 



THE AMERICAN RED FOX [Illustration] 



TREES AND THEIR LIFE PROBLEMS (Henry Chandler Cowles) T" 41 



THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP OR BIGHORN (Seth Mindwell) [Illustration] . 47 



ROSE-TIME (Frank Walcott Hutt) [Poem] 48 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY 



