The beautiful is as useful as the u^ei^ol.— Victor Hugo. 



BIRDS 



NATL)M 



CONTENTS 



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THE SILVER THAW (Charles G. D. Roberts) [Poem] .... 



THE BELTED KINGFISHER (Collins Tburber) [Illustration] - • 50 



THE KINGFISHER (Chreswell J. Hunt) [Poem] 53 



NATURE'S WISE FOLK (Ida Millis Shinnick) 54 



THE SEA GULL (Rose Glass) [Poem] 66 



THE BLUE MOUNTAIN LORY [Illustration] 69 



A FEBRUARY PICNIC IN CALIFORNIA (Harriet Williams Meyers) 



THE AMERICAN ROBIN (Frank Morley Woodruff) [Illustration] • - 62 



SOME CURIOUS INSECTS— PART II (Belle Paxson Drury) 



THE BOB-TAIL HEN (Nina King) 



THE RED- WINGED BLACKBIRD [Illustration] - .... 71 



TO THE BLACKBIRD (Harry B. Tierney) [Poem] .... 73 



THE INTERESTING MOT MOTS [Illustration] 74 



THE OAK TREE (Evelyn Singer) - 77 



THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (William Watson Woollen) [Illustration] 83 

 THE KING PARROT OR PARRAKEET [Illustration] .... 



SOME UNDERGROUND PETS (Lee McCrae) 



SCANDINAVIAN FOLK-LORE OF BIRDS OF PASSAGE-PART II (Frants 



P. Lund) - - - 90 



WINTER PHILOSOPHERS (Debora Otis^ 91 



THE SWALLOW-TAILED INDIAN ROLLER [Illustration] - - - 95 



HARMONY IN NATURE (Arthur T. Henrici) 96 



THE REAL SONG (Jac Lowell) [Poem] 96 



Edited by WILLIAIVS KERR HIGLEY 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY 



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