CONTENTS.

[TO A HUMMINGBIRD.] 49 [THE ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD. (Calypte anna.)] 50 [LONGING.] 54 [EXPERIENCES WITH “HUMMERS.”] 55 [MY HUMMINGBIRD.] 56 [THE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. (Selasphorus rufus.)] 59 [WHAT A LITTLE MOUSE SAID.] 60 [ABOUT A SPARROW.] 61 [THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. (Zonotrichia albicollis.)] 62 [A PLANT THAT MELTS ICE.] 65 [THE HUMMINGBIRDS. Maxime miranda in minimus!] 66 [EACH IN ITS OWN WAY.] 68 [THE PARULA WARBLER. (Compsothlypis americana.)] 71 [A DAINTY LOVER.] 72 [A BIRD NOTE.] 72 [GOLDENROD.] 72 [BALLADE.] 73 [TOURMALINE.] 74 [THE STAR FISH.] 79 [IN THE MEADOW.] 80 [THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. (Elephas indicus.)] 83 [THE WILD CLEMATIS.] 84 [TOPSY.] 85 [THE WALRUS. (Trichechus rosmarus.)] 86 [TOUCHING INCIDENTS ABOUT PIGEONS.] 89 [ON THE SAN JOAQUIN.] 90 [THE BENGAL TIGER. (Felis tigris.)] 95 [AD VESPERAM.] 96