The beautiful is as useful as the Msetjl. — Victor IJu^o. 



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BIRDS 



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CONTENTS 



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THE PASSING MARCH (Robert Burns Wilson) [Poem] ... 97 

 THE BARN SWALLOW [Illustration! - - - - - - 



THE WILLOW (Evelyn Singer) - 101 



THE BROWN THRASHER [Illustration] 107 



THE FEATHER-TRIMMED NEST (Elizabeth H. CoombS) 



THE GREEN JAPANESE PHEASANTS [Illustration] - - - 110 



THE ROBIN'S CHOICE (Mrs E. W. Brubaker) - - - - - 113 

 SCANDINAVIAN FOLK-LORE OP BIRDS OF PASSAGE -Part III (Frants 



P. Lund] - 114 



THE BOBOLINK (Minot Gavlor Jenison) [Illustration] - - - - 119 



LEAVES FROM A BOBOLINK'S DIARY (Cornelia B. Long) - - - 120 



THE AMERICAN CROW [IllustratiouJ . " . . . 122 



PUSSY WILLOWS (Charles F. Fudge) [Poem] 126 



WILD BEES (T. D. A. Cockerell and Wilmatte Cockerell) - - - 127 



WHENCE THE FEATHERS WE WEAR (Louise Jamison) - - - 128 



THE FLICKER (Collins Thurber) [Illustration] 131 



MISS POLLY WALKER (Fannie A. Carothers) 132 



JOLLY WOODSMEN (Samuel Gllmore Palmer) [Poem] - - - 133 



THE BLACK TERN (Frank Morley Woodruff) [Illustration] - - - 134 



BUTTERFLIES (Belle Paxson Drury) - - - - - - - 137 



THE BUTTERFLY (Mrs. Merrill E. Gates) [Poem] - . - - 139 



THE MEADOWLARK [Illustration] - - 140 



THE BOBOLINK (Lulu Whedon Mitchell) [Poem] .... 144 



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