[THE OLD YEAR.] 1 [THE WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. (Loxia leucoptera.)] 2 [THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL.] 5 [THE STUDY OF BACTERIA.] 6 [THE YELLOW-BREASTED FLYCATCHER.] 8 [THE TOWNSEND’S WARBLER. (Dendroica townsendi.)] 11 [THE STORY OF SOME BLACK BUGS.] 12 [THE SOLITARY SANDPIPER.] 13 [THE KNOT OR ROBIN SNIPE. (Tringa canutus.)] 14 [VIOLA BLANDA. (Sweet White Violet.)] 14 [THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BIRD.] 17 [THE AMERICAN HAWK OWL. (Surnia ulula caparoch.)] 23 [A BIRD CALENDAR BY THE POETS.] 24 [So when the night falls and the dogs do howl] 25 [THE OYSTER AND ITS RELATIVES.] 26 [THE PASSING OF SUMMER.] 32 [When will the summer come again?] 32 [THE COLLARED LIZARD. (Crotaphytus collaris.)] 35 [A NIGHT IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. A FAIRY STORY.] 36 [RABBIT’S CREAM.] 37 [THE APPLE.] 38 [Shed no tear!—O shed no tear] 41 [GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SEED-BEARING PLANTS.] 42 [VANILLA. (Vanilla planifolia, Andrews.)] 47
THE OLD YEAR.
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.