BIRDS AND ALL NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOL. VII. APRIL, 1900. NO. 4. CONTENTS. Page APRIL. 145 THE PROCESSION OF SPRING. 145 THE AMERICAN BITTERN. 146 OUR LITTLE MARTYRS. 146 LITTLE GUESTS IN FEATHERS. 149 PLANTING THE TREES. 150 ORIGIN OF THE EASTER EGG. 151 MORAL VALUE OF FORESTS. 152 EASTER LILIES. 152 THE SCARLET IBIS. 155 CHIPPY--A BABY MOCKING BIRD. 155 BIRDLAND SECRETS. 157 THE MASSENA QUAIL. 158 IN THE OLD LOG HOUSE. 158 ANIMALS AS PATIENTS. 162 THE TRIPLET TREE. 163 COUNTRIES DEVOID OF TREES. 163 SNOW PRISONS OF GAME BIRDS. 164 THE RING-BILLED DUCK. 167 A STRANGE BIRD HOUSE. 167 THE CHICKADEE. 168 REFLECTIONS. 169 FOXGLOVE. 170 FRUIT BATS OF THE PHILIPPINES. 173 MONKEYS AS GOLD FINDERS. 173 A PLEA FOR THE TREES. 174 "THAT I MAY HELP." 175 A TRAGEDY IN THREE PARTS. 175 STRANGE PLANTS. 175 A BRIGAND BIRD. 176 THE BROOK. 176 THE BLOOD-ROOT. 179 TANSY CAKES. 180 THE PARTRIDGE CALL. 180 OUR FEATHERED NEIGHBORS. 181 THE BLUE GROSBEAK. 182 ODD PLACES CHOSEN. 182 THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 185 BIRD LIFE IN INDIA. 187 IRELAND'S LOST GLORY. 188 BIRDS AND REPTILES RELATED. 188 THE ROCK SHELLS. 191 SPRING HAS COME. 192 APRIL.