BIRDS and NATURE
IN NATURAL COLORS
A MONTHLY SERIAL
FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
A GUIDE IN THE STUDY OF NATURE
Two Volumes Each Year
VOLUME X
June, 1901, to December, 1901
EDITED BY WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY
CHICAGO
A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher
203 Michigan Ave.
1901
Copyright 1901 by
A. W. Mumford
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| Vol. X | JUNE, 1901. | No. 1 |
CONTENTS.
- JUNE. 1
- BULLOCK’S ORIOLE. (Icterus bullocki.) 2
- AN AFTERNOON IN THE CORNFIELD. 5
- THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS. 7
- HOUSE-HUNTING IN ORCHARD TOWN. 8
- THE SANDERLING. (Calidris arenaria.) 11
- PARTNERS. 12
- O violets tender 13
- THE GREAT NORTHERN SHRIKE. (Lanius borealis.) 14
- ORIOLE. 19
- THE FIRE-BIRD. 20
- BRANDT’S CORMORANT. (Phalacrocorax penicillatus.) 23
- MATE, OR PARAGUAY TEA. 24
- Behind the cloud the starlight lurks 25
- THE AMERICAN BUFFALO. (Bison americanus.) 26
- MR. CHAT, THE PUNCHINELLO. A TRUE STORY. 31
- AGATE. 35
- MARTYRS OF THE WOODS. 36
- A PANSY BED. 37
- THE MULLEN. 38
- THE CALL OF THE PARTRIDGE. 41
- JIM CROW AND HIS COUSINS. 42
- COCOA. (Theobroma cacao, L.) 44
- THE CANOE-BIRCH. 48
JUNE.
No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest comer.
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays:
Whether we look, or whether we listen,<
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