BIRDS AND NATURE
ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

Vol. VIII.

No. 4.

NOVEMBER, 1900.

CONTENTS.

Page
[SONNET—NOVEMBER.]145
[ SOME FACTS ABOUT THE WESTERN WILLET.]146
[ CRUEL TREATMENT OF BIRDS DEMANDED BY DAME FASHION.]150
[THE FALL MIGRATIONS.]151
[THE WAYS OF SOME BANTAMS.]152
[THE BUFFLE-HEAD.]155
[AN HOUR WITH AN ANT.]156
[SONG.]157
[THE AMERICAN EARED GREBE.]158
[ THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FISHES.]161
[THE LOUISIANA TANAGER.]167
[CHATTER OF A CHAT.]168
[ THE LUNA AND POLYPHEMUS MOTHS.]170
[CASTLES IN THE AIR.]175
[THE PRONG-HORNED ANTELOPE.]179
[PLANT PROTECTION.]182
[THE BIRTH OF A TREE.]187
[THE ALMOND.]188

SONNET—NOVEMBER.

Yet one smile more, departing, distant sun,

One mellow smile through the soft vapory air,