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[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