BIRDS AND NATURE. | ||
| ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. | ||
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| Vol. XI. | APRIL, 1902. | No. 4. |
CONTENTS.
- WHAT TIME O’ YEAR? 145
- APRIL. 145
- THE BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD. (Trochilus alexandri.) 146
- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ANTELOPE. 149
- THE BURROWING OWL. (Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea.) 155
- LONGING. 156
- THE WESTERN PINE SQUIRREL. 157
- THE AUDUBON’S WARBLER. (Dendroica auduboni.) 158
- THE SING-AWAY BIRD. 158
- SPRING NOTES FROM FEATHERED THROATS. IN NEW JERSEY. 161
- THE SPIRIT OF SPRING. 163
- FROM AN ORNITHOLOGIST’S YEAR BOOK. FLUTE OF ARCADY. 164
- The dogwood blossoms white as snow 164
- THE RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. (Tringa alpina pacifica.) 167
- A PANSY OF HARTWELL. 168
- GARNET. 170
- ANIMAL EMOTIONS. 175
- DOMESTIC CATTLE. 179
- Mightiest of all the beasts of chase 181
- THE ARROW HEAD. (Sagittaria latifolia.) 182
- THE BLACK COHOSH. (Cimicifuga racemosa.) 182
- THE VEERIE. 185
- THE SPRING MIGRATION. II. IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. 186
- ANTICS OF A HUMMINGBIRD. 188
- CALAMUS. (Acorus calamus L.) 191
- THE BIRDS. 192
WHAT TIME O’ YEAR?
In leafless woods, the purpled wind-flower sways,
And violets, in penciled lines, or blue,
Blossom in gentle groups, and, blanched of hue,
The fern unfolds, by painted orchis sprays.
The columbine, on hills and sandy braes
Swings to the bees, that colored pollens strew
Below its bells, while singing, soared from view,
The meadow-lark still mounts the heavenward ways.
I know thee, April! thine the azure mist,
Lifted and lowered, like a lady’s veil,
Before the rims of woodland sunshine kissed;
And thine the lated twilight’s golden sail,
When slanting lines of fire and amethyst,
Riot in withered field and sodden swale.
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