BIRDS AND ALL NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOL. VII. MAY, 1900. NO. 5. CONTENTS. Page MAY. 193 WE MAY HEAR THE BIRD SING. 193 UNCLE NICK ON FISHING. 194 THE MAGPIE. 197 A BUTTERFLY'S HISTORY. 197 THE DEAD BIRD. 199 THE FIELD DAISY. 199 A SUBMERGED FOREST. 200 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 203 MIGRATORY BIRDS. 204 ACROSS THE WAY. 205 THE PURPLE MARTIN. 206 A GLIMPSE AT BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. 209 GOOSE PLANT IN BLOOM. 210 JOHNNY APPLESEED. 211 RING-NECKED DOVE. 212 THE RING-NECKED DOVE. 212 SOME EARLY RISERS. 212 THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 215 OPOSSUM. 218 SOMETHING ABOUT DOGS. 221 EASY LESSONS IN EVOLUTION. 222 THE CECROPIA MOTH. 223 THE GENISTA. 224 WHERE VEGETABLES CAME FROM. 227 BIRDS AND FARMERS. 228 FISH HAVE FAVORITE HAUNTS. 229 SILLIEST BIRD IN THE WORLD. 229 THYME. 230 A CURIOUS SURVIVAL. 233 THE RAVEN. 235 WILD FLOWERS OF MAY. 236 RICE PAPER. 239 GOOD UNCLE TO ANTS. 239 A FLOATING SNAIL. 240 EGYPTIAN TREES FOR AMERICA. 240 INDEX VOL. VII-JANUARY TO MAY 1900, INCLUSIVE. GENERAL INDEX VOLS. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII. i MAY. The voice of one who goes before to make The paths of June more beautiful, is thine, Sweet May! Without an envy of her crown And bridal; patient stringing emeralds And shining rubies for the brows of birch And maple; flinging garlands of pure white And pink, which to their bloom add prophecy; Gold cups o'erfilling on a thousand hills And calling honey-bees; out of their sleep The tiny summer harpers with bright wings Awaking, teaching them their notes for noon-- O, May, sweet-voiced one, going thus before, Forever June may pour her warm, red wine Of life and passion--sweeter days are thine! --_H. H._