The beautiful is as useful as the v^Qetjl. — Victor Hu^o. 



BIRDS 



AND 



NATURE 



[Illustration] 



CONTENTS 



THE SPACIOUS FIRMAMENT ON HIGH (Joseph Addison) 

 ^5S ^^^^<?^^^^N GJRASS PARRAKEET^ [Illustration] ^ 

 THE BIRDS OP AMERICA (Henry Johnstone) [Poem] - 

 SOME CURIOUS INSECTS (Belle Paxson Druryr - ^ - 

 THE RESPLENDENT TROGAN [Illustration! - 



PLEASURE AND PROFIT IN OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS 



Graves) ----.... 

 THE YELLOW THROATED TOUCAN 

 LADY-BIRDS (Mary Lee Van Hook) _ . . . 



lgi''5i''Ntl'ltS,'D°U^cl^?I?,?sS'n?°^ OF PASSAGE_ (Prants P.-Lund) 



THE RED RUMPED TANAGER [lUustratlonl 

 THE PINE TREE (Evelyn Singer^ ^''.'^"""J. 

 THE COCK-OP THE-ROCk [Illustration] 

 OUR CAT-BIRDS (S. Prances Gilbreath Ingersoll) 

 THE GOLDEN PHEASANT [Illustration] - 

 JULIE'S KINDERGARTEN (Leonora Beck Ellis) 

 IS IT TRUE (George Klingle) [Poem] - - ^ 



A NATURE PICTURE (Charles Emmett Barnes) 

 SUNRISE (Rae Mortimer Seymour) fPoeml 

 THE RED BIRD OF PARADISE [Illustration] 

 NATURE'S PROMISE (Nixon Waterman) [Poem 



Edited by WILLIAM 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLO 



W. MUMFORD, Publisher 



378 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. Ill 



