BIRDS AND NATURE. | ||
| ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. | ||
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| Vol. IX. | MARCH, 1901. | No. 3 |
CONTENTS.
[SPRING.] 97 [ABOUT PARROTS.] 98 [How can our fancies help but go] 107 [POLLY.] 108 [Hark! ’tis the bluebird’s venturous strain] 109 [THE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.)] 110 [THE SANDPIPER.] 114 [A BIT OF BIRD GOSSIP.] 115 [THE MARBLED MURRELET. (Brachyramphus marmoratus.)] 119 [BEFORE THE STORM.] 119 [BOY-CHICKADEE.] 120 [THE STORY BIRD.] 121 [THE BEAR.] 122 [BIRD INCIDENTS.] 126 [SEA-MEWS IN WINTER TIME.] 127 [SNAILS OF POND, RIVER AND BROOK.] 128 [THE ORANGE. (Citrus aurantium.)] 134 [THE MUSICAL SWAN. (Cygnus musicus.)] 137 [PEPPER. (Piper nigrum L.)] 143 [MARCH.] 144
SPRING.
Gentle Spring! in sunshine clad,
Well dost thou thy power display!
For Winter maketh the light heart sad,
And thou, thou makest the sad heart gay.
He sees thee, and calls to his gloomy train,
The sleet, and the snow, and the wind, and the rain;