Birds and all Nature IN NATURAL COLORS A MONTHLY SERIAL FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF NATURE TWO VOLUMES A YEAR VOLUME VII. JANUARY, 1900, TO MAY, 1900 EDITED BY C. C. MARBLE CHICAGO A. W. MUMFORD, PUBLISHER 203 Michigan Ave. 1900 COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY A. W. MUMFORD BIRDS AND ALL NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOL. VII. JANUARY, 1900. NO. 1 CONTENTS. Page JANUARY. 1 OLD YEAR AND YOUNG YEAR. 1 THE VIRGINIA RAIL. 2 COTTON FABRICS. 5 THE WISE LITTLE BIRD. 7 THE GRASSHOPPER SPIDER. 8 THE BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 11 THE GRAY STUMP. 12 REMEMBERED SONGS. 13 THE YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. 14 THE YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. 17 WITH OPEN EYES. 17 BIRD NOTES. 19 SOUTHWARD BOUND. 20 THE BLACK SQUIRREL. 23 THE ROBIN'S MISTAKE. 24 THE DOVE. NOAH'S MESSENGER. 25 THE WEASEL. 26 BIRDS AND THE WEATHER. 29 STRANGE ILLUMINATIONS. 30 THE PINK HOUSE IN THE APPLE TREE. 31 THE QUINCE. 35 THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 36 LIQUID AIR. 37 COMMON MINERALS AND VALUABLE ORES. 38 THE DANGER FROM THE IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS. 41 THE AMERICAN BISON. 42 THE TURTLE DOVE. 44 THE SORROWFUL TREE. 44 MARKED WITH BLEEDING HEARTS. 44 THE LILY OF THE VALLEY. 47 MUSHROOMS ON BENCHES. 48 JANUARY. Then came old January, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away; Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell, And blow his nayles to warm them if he may; For they were numb'd with holding all the day An hatchet keene, with which he felled wood, And from the trees did lop the needlesse spray; Upon a huge great earth-pot steane he stood, From whose wide mouth there flowed forth the Romane flood. --_Spenser._