BIRDS AND NATURE
ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

Vol. VIII.

No. 5.

DECEMBER, 1900.

CONTENTS.

Page
[DECEMBER.]193
[THE WESTERN HORNED OWL.]194
[THE OWL.]198
[THE LONG-CRESTED JAY.]201
[THE SUNRISE SERENADE.]202
[A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.]203
[THE FULVOUS TREE-DUCK.]204
[ HOW THE SWIFTS CAME TO BUILD IN AUNT DOROTHY'S CHIMNEY.]207
[THE RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.]213
[A WHITE TABLE IN THE WOODS.]214
[THE MOON-BABY.]215
[ THE CECROPIA AND PROMETHEA MOTHS.]216
[ A PLEA FOR LEGISLATIVE PROTECTION.]221
[THE DOG AND ITS ANCESTORS.]225
[A FAVORITE HAUNT.]227
[CARNIVOROUS PLANTS.]228
[MAPLE LEAVES.]232
[MAY-APPLE.]235
[INDEX.]

DECEMBER.

The lakes of ice gleam bluer than the lakes