BIRDS AND ALL NATURE A MONTHLY SERIAL ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOLUME IV. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. NATURE STUDY PUBLISHING COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, 1898 BY NATURE STUDY PUBLISHING CO. CHICAGO. INTRODUCTION. As heretofore announced, beginning with the present, each number of BIRDS AND ALL NATURE will present at least two birds, three or four animals, and the remaining plates will depict such natural subjects as insects, butterflies, flowers, geological specimens, etc. In fact, everything in nature which can be brought before the camera will in its due course be portrayed. BIRDS is without doubt one of the most popular magazines ever presented to the American public. It is read and admired by over one hundred thousand persons. BIRDS AND ALL NATURE promises to be even more popular, if possible, than BIRDS. We are constantly receiving congratulations on the success of our enterprise, and people are delighted to learn that we shall include in succeeding numbers all interesting branches of natural history. When the bound volume appears it will prove to be worthy of its predecessors. Nature Study Publishing Company. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. 3 SQUIRREL TOWN. 4 WILSON'S SNIPE. 7 THE BLACK WOLF. 8 AN ARMADILLO AS A PET. 12 AFRICAN FOLK LORE. 12 THE RED SQUIRREL. 15 SECRETS OF AN OLD GARDEN. 16 BIRDS FORTELL MARRIAGE. 16 THE PRAIRIE HEN. 19 ABOUT THE SONGSTERS. 21 THE BUTTERFLY TRADE. 22 THE PASSENGER PIGEON IN WISCONSIN AND NEBRASKA. 25 THE AMERICAN RABBIT. 26 THIRTY MILES FOR AN ACORN. 29 THE OCELOT. 30 AZAMET THE HERMIT AND HIS DUMB FRIENDS. 33 THE USE OF FLOWERS. 34 ALL NATURE. 37 THE BLOODLESS SPORTSMEN. 39 A BOOK BY THE BROOK. 39 SUMMARY. 40 SQUIRREL TOWN. Where the oak trees tall and stately Stretch great branches to the sky Where the green leaves toss and flutter As the summer days go by, Dwell a crowd of little people, Ever racing up and down, Bright eyes glancing, gray tails whisking; This is known as Squirrel Town.