Birds and All Nature IN NATURAL COLORS A MONTHLY SERIAL FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF BIRD-LIFE TWO VOLUMES A YEAR VOLUME V. JANUARY, 1899, TO MAY, 1899 EDITED BY C. C. MARBLE CHICAGO A. W. MUMFORD, PUBLISHER 203 Michigan Ave. 1899 COPYRIGHT 1899 BY NATURE STUDY PUBLISHING CO. BIRDS AND ALL NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOL. V. JANUARY, 1899. NO. 1. CONTENTS Page "TESS." 1 WHIPPOORWILL. 2 TONGUES. 5 THE MOUNTAIN LION. 11 THE HOLLY TREE. 12 THE LEMON. 13 ABOUT BEES. 17 BIRDS AS SHEPHERDS. 20 THE MISTLETOE. 23 THE EAGLE. 24 NUTS. 26 THE BIRTH OF ATHENA. 29 THE WHIPPOORWILL. 35 THE EAGLE (continued). 36 MIGRATORY BIRDS. 37 HOW BIRDS CARRY SEEDS. 37 THE SHIP OF THE DESERT. 37 THE SNAPPING-TURTLE. 38 THE STORY OF LITTLE BILLEE. 41 THE SANDHILL CRANE. 47 THE STORY OF LITTLE BILLEE (continued). 48 "TESS." A remarkable example of the human-like intelligence of a chimpanzee, rivaling that of the celebrated "Mr. Crowley," of New York, so long the chief object of admiration in the museum of Central Park, was that of the subject of this sketch. "Tess" was captured in Africa by Allan Grosch and brought to Boston, where she was purchased by Frank C. Bostock. She was brought up with Mr. Bostock's little girl and was dressed the same as any child of three years. She walked upright, ate with knife and fork, drank from a cup, had better table manners than the average child of the same age, wore finger-rings, ear-rings, and pin, and always surveyed herself in the glass to see that her pin was on straight, and her dress hung right; she smoked a pipe, drew lines on a blackboard, wrote with a pen, and imitated Mr. Bostock's little girl in many ways. She uttered a few sounds which were understood by her master, and seemed to understand what was said to her. She died of pneumonia while being exhibited in the East, was purchased by Mr. C. F. Gunther and presented by him to the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Her age was three years and seven months.