BIRDS AND NATURE.

ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
Vol. IX.MAY, 1901.No. 5

CONTENTS.

[MAY.] 193 [Now, shrilleth clear each several bird his note] 193 [AUDUBON’S ORIOLE. (Icterus audubonii.)] 194 [TO A SEA-BIRD.] 197 [FROM AN ORNITHOLOGIST’S YEAR BOOK. THE HEART OF A DRYAD. I.] 198 [THE MARBLED GODWIT. (Limosa fedoa.)] 201 [A BIRD-JOKE AT LEAFY LAWN.] 202 [THE RUSTY BLACKBIRD OR GRACKLE. (Scolecophagus carolinus.)] 204 [WHAT EVOLUTION MEANS.] 207 [THE SURF SCOTER. (Oidemia perspicillata.)] 213 [A BACK-YARD CLASS.] 214 [THE AMERICAN ELK OR WAPITI. (Cervus canadensis.)] 216 [A FRIENDLY FIELD MOUSE.] 219 [THE OPENING OF WINTER BUDS.] 220 [THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.] 221 [THE NAUTILUS AND OTHER CEPHALOPODS.] 222 [God made all the creatures and gave them] 227 [THE TRAILING ARBUTUS. (Epigaea repens.)] 228 [TRAILING ARBUTUS.] 231 [THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL. (Kalmia latifolia.)] 232 [Violets stir and arbutus waits] 232 [HOPS. (Humulus lupulus L.)] 235 [AWAKENING.] 236 [INDEX. Volume IX—January, 1901, to May, 1901, Inclusive.] 237

MAY.

May brings all the flowers at once,

Teased by rains and kissed by suns;

Now the meadows white and gold;

Now the lambs leap in the fold.

May is wreathed with virgin white;

Glad May dances all the night;