BIRDS AND NATURE. | ||
| ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. | ||
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| Vol. XII. | DECEMBER, 1902. | No. 5. |
CONTENTS.
[DECEMBER.] 193 [THE HOODED ORIOLE. (Icterus cucullatus.)] 194 [THE ORIOLE’S MISSION.] 197 [THE CLOTHES MOTH AND ITS METHODS.] 197 [INCIDENTS ABOUT BIRDS.] 198 [THE CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW. (Antrostomus carolinensis.)] 201 [AN AMATEUR CIRCUS. A True Story.] 202 [THE GRAY-CROWNED LEUCOSTICTE. (Leucosticte tephrocotis.)] 204 [CORUNDUM AND SPINEL.] 207 [THE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. (Zonotrichia leucophrys.)] 213 [AFTER THE SNOW STORM.] 214 [THE FEATHERED FISHERMAN.] 215 [A WINTER-PIECE AMONG THE PENTLANDS.] 215 [THE CARNATION.] 216 [WINTER SONG.] 219 [BUDS OF PROMISE. COLD WEATHER NOTES FROM NATURE.] 220 [HOW A CAT SAVED THE LIFE OF A CANARY.] 222 [THE POCKET RATS.] 225 [WINTER VISITORS.] 226 [BEAUTIFUL VINES TO BE FOUND IN OUR WILD WOODS III.] 227 [THE PERSIMMON. (Diospyros virginiana.)] 228 [AS TO ALLIGATORS.] 231 [DANDELION. (Taraxacum taraxacum Karst.)] 235 [FROM SPRING TO RIVULET.] 236 [INDEX. Volume XII—June, 1902, to December, 1902, inclusive.] 237
DECEMBER.
When the feud of hot and cold
Leaves the autumn woodlands bare;
When the year is getting old,
And flowers are dead, and keen the air;
When the crow has new concern,
And early sounds his raucous note;