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 XI
January, 1902, to May, 1902
EDITED BY WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY
CHICAGO
A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher
203 Michigan Ave.
1902
Copyright, 1902, by
A. W. Mumford
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| Vol. XI. | JANUARY, 1902. | No. 1 |
CONTENTS.
- A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR’S EVE. 1
- THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. (Regulus satrapa.) 2
- THE TALKING PINE TREE. 5
- THE KING RAIL. (Rallus elegans.) 11
- BETWEEN THE DAYLIGHT AND THE DARK. 12
- TO A NUTHATCH. 13
- THE BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. (Sitta pusilla.) 14
- MY RED-HEADED NEIGHBORS. 17
- BEAUTIFUL SNOW. 20
- THE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. (Accipiter velox.) 23
- BIRDS ON THE WING. 24
- A SUNSET CLUB. 25
- QUARTZ. 26
- EVENING IN THE CANYON. 30
- BERRIES OF THE WOODS. 31
- EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF NATURAL OBJECTS. 32
- TWO STRANGE HOMES. 32
- THE GREENLAND WHALE. (Balaena mysticetus.) 35
- Through the silent watches of the night 37
- THE THISTLE. 38
- The smallest effort is not lost 41
- WITH SILVER CHAINS AND GAY ATTIRE. 42
- THE BIRDS IN THEIR WINTER HOME. (In the Woods.) 43
- IRISH MOSS. (Chondrus crispus lyngb.) 47
- THE CARDINAL FLOWER. 48
A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR’S EVE.
Stay yet, my friends, a moment stay—
Stay till the good old year,
So long companion of our way,
Shakes hands and leaves us here.
Oh stay, oh stay,
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