Birds & Nature Magazine 



Table of Contents=May, 1907 



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How the Bluebirds Came Back E. and J Grinnell 5 



The Value of Nature Study Clifton F. Hodge 7 



Grasshopper Roast 8 



The Bird in the Tailor-Made Gown 11 



Bird Portraits C. William Beebe 12 



The Cat Bird J. and E. Grinnell 17 



The Coming of Spring Ella Higginson 



Here Be My Loves John Vance Cheney 



Jugging Yellow Jackets A. R. M. Spaid. . . 



The Song Sparrow Eliz. H. Wilkins . . 



Maiden Hair Ferns as House Plants Jane Ferguson 



The Throstle 



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Alfred Tennyson 24 



The Kingfisher's Kindergarten William J. Long 26 



Raising Squabs H. B. Blackman 31 



The Junco Neltje Blanchan 32 



My Bird Family Craig S. Thoms 35 



A Rare Aztec Relic 37 



A La Belle Etoile Sara H. Birchall 37 



Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter 38 



Country Days Nellie Coutant 42 



Photographing a Hawk's Nest William L Finley 44 



The May Home Coming C. William Beebe 48 



The Library Shelf Walter Taylor Field I 



Field Notes Jesse L. Smith IX 



Nature Pictures in Their Natural Colors 



The Bluebird (facing page) 



The Cedar Waxwing 



The Catbird 



The Song Sparrow 



The Kingfisher 



The Junco 



The Gray Rabbit 



The Red-Tailed Hawk 



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