BIRDS AND ALL NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOL. V. MAY, 1899. NO. 5. CONTENTS. Page THE CEDAR WAXWING. 193 THE PREACHER-BIRD. 194 COFFEE. 197 AN ABANDONED HOME. 198 THE CONY. 203 COFFEE. 204 THE TWO ACORNS. 210 A DEFENSE OF SOME BIRDS. 211 MARCH AND MAY. 212 BONAPARTE'S GULL. 215 EGG COLLECTING. 216 THE BABOON. 217 THE SUMMER POOL. 218 THE FEATHER CRUSADE. 221 GOD'S SILENCE AND HIS VOICES ALSO. 222 THE OWLS' SANCTUARY. 223 THE WATER THRUSH. 227 THE TARSIER. 228 THE TRAILING ARBUTUS. 229 THE HAIRY-TAILED MOLE. 230 TREES. 233 THE CINERARIA. 236 INDEX VOL. V. INDEX VOLS. I., II., III., IV., V. i [Illustration: FROM COL. F. M. WOODRUFF. 5-99 CEDAR WAXWING. 5/7 Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1899, NATURE STUDY PUB. CO., CHICAGO.] THE CEDAR WAXWING. (_Ampelis cedrorum._) LYNDS JONES. There is no more beautiful bird in our northern states, if there be in the whole country, than our waxwing. Many birds are more gorgeously appareled, and with many there are more striking contrasts exhibited, but nowhere do we encounter a texture more delicate covering a bearing more courtly. One despairs of adequately describing the silky softness of the plumage and the beautiful shades of color. But the perfecting of color photography has made that task unnecessary. We may wonder why some crested birds have this regal insignia bestowed upon them by nature, but it would be impossible to think of the waxwing without his crowning glory. Not less characteristic are the horny appendages resembling red sealing wax attached to the secondary wing feathers and sometimes also to the tail feathers. They seem to be outgrowths of the tip of the shaft. These, with the yellow-tipped tail, form the only bright colors in the plumage.