BIRDS AND NATURE.

ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
Vol. X.DECEMBER, 1901.No. 5

CONTENTS.

[SNOW-FLAKES.] 193 [O wonderful world of white!] 193 [THE WHITE-EYED VIREO. (Vireo noveboracensis.)] 194 [TO A WHITE-EYED VIREO.] 197 [PLEA OF THE YOUNG EVERGREENS.] 198 [THE RIVOLI HUMMINGBIRD. (Eugenes fulgens.)] 201 [THE SEA-GULL.] 202 [THE BIRD OF CONSOLATION.] 203 [THE WORM-EATING WARBLER. (Helmitherus vermivorus.)] 204 [THE HUMMINGBIRD.] 204 [NEVA’S BUTTERFLY.] 207 [THE INDIGNANT TURKEY. A TRUE STORY.] 210 [THE CHIPPING SPARROW. (Spizella socialis.)] 213 [CHRISTMAS IN BUNNYVILLE.] 214 [TOPAZ.] 216 [THE BIRTH OF THE HUMMINGBIRD.] 220 [THE ROSE TANAGER. (Pyranga aestiva.)] 221 [THE ERMINE.] 222 [THE RHESUS MONKEY. (Macacus rhesus.)] 225 [AN ANIMAL TORPEDO.] 226 [THE CAMEL.] 228 [THE HILL SUMMIT.] 232 [THE ZEBRA.] 235 [ASPIRATION.] 236 [INDEX. Volume X—June, 1901, to December, 1901, Inclusive.] 237

SNOW-FLAKES.

Out of the bosom of the Air,

Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,

Over the woodlands brown and bare,

Over the harvest-fields forsaken,

Silent, and soft, and slow

Descends the snow.