BIRDS and NATURE
IN NATURAL COLORS

A MONTHLY SERIAL
FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
A GUIDE IN THE STUDY OF NATURE

Two Volumes Each Year
VOLUME IX
January, 1901, to May, 1901

EDITED BY WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY

CHICAGO
A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher
203 Michigan Ave.
1901

ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
BIRDS AND NATURE.
Vol. IX	JANUARY, 1901.	No. 1

CONTENTS.

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

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 ou

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