Brittany [Illustration], 34 Buffle-Head, The [Illustration], 154 Carnivorous Plants (John Merle Coulter), 228 Castles in the Air (Charles Elmer Jenney), 175 Cattle, 32 Chat, Chatter of a (Elizabeth Nunemacher), 168 Christmas To-night [Poem] (Phillips Brooks), 226 Columbine, The [Illustration] (James Jensen), 100 Daisies, Sunflower and (Albert Schneider), 110 Day and Night [Poem] (Thomas Bailey Aldrich), 132 Debt, How We May Best Pay the (Lynds Jones), 122 December, [Sonnet] (Helen Hunt Jackson), 193 December, King [Poem] (Walter Thornbury), 193 Deep, The [Poem] (John G. C. Brainard), 139 Dog and Its Ancestors, The [Illustration], 224 Eagle Lore (Phebe Westcott Humphrey), 53 Editor's Note, 144 Fashion, Cruel Treatment of Birds Demanded by (Lynds Jones), 150 Favorite Haunt, A (Berton Mercer), 227 Fish, The Flying, 144 Fish, The Growth and Variation of (Seth E. Meek), 84 Fish, The Origin of the [A Bird-Fish Story] (Albert Schneider), 90 Fishes, The Geographical Distribution of (Seth E. Meek), 161 Fishes, The Geological Succession of (Seth E. Meek), 133 Fish's Place in Nature, The (David Starr Jordan), 14 Flicker's Mistake, The (Nell Kimberly McElhone), 66 Flower, A Pattern (John Merle Coulter), 2 Flower in the Crannied Wall [Poem] (Alfred Tennyson), 68 Flowers and Their Invited Guests (John Merle Coulter), 59 Flowers and Their Unbidden Guests (John Merle Coulter), 119 Fowl, The Domestic [Illustration], 125 "Frost Spirit," Selection From the [Poem] (John Greenleaf Whittier), 169 Garden, School, 65 Gentian, Closed or Blind [Illustration], 106 Gentian, Fringed [Illustration], 106 Gentian, To the Fringed [Poem] (William Cullen Bryant), 108 Gentians, The Blue (Charles S. Raddin), 107 God's Handiwork [Poem] (John Wesley Waite), 7 Grebe, The American Eared [Illustration], 159 Grouse, The Ruffed (Florence Holbrook), 102 Home, A Charming [Poem] (Anna R. Henderson), 48 How the Swifts Came to Build in Aunt Dorothy's Chimney (Mary Grant O'Sheridan), 207 Insect Music, 31 Insects, Some Water (Charles Christopher Adams), 25 Insects, Water [Illustrations], 26 Jay, The Long-crested [Illustration], 200 Junco, The Oregon (J. Mayne Baltimore), 80 Lady's Slipper [Illustration], 58 Lake, A Mountain [Illustration], 86 Legislative Protection, A Plea for (Lynds Jones), 221 Lily, Red or Wood [Illustration], 2 Lily, The Wild Yellow, 71 Lily, Wild Yellow or Canadian [Illustration], 70 Lions, The Baby, 109 Mallows, The [Illustration], 51 Maple Leaves [Poem] (Thomas Bailey Aldrich), 232 May-Apple [Illustration] (Albert Schneider), 234 Migrations, The Fall [Poem] (Mary Drummond), 151 Moon-Baby, The [Poem] (Pall Mall Gazette), 215 Moths, The Luna and Polyphemus [Illustration] (Charles Christopher Adams), 173