BIRDS and NATURE IN NATURAL COLORS A MONTHLY SERIAL FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY A GUIDE IN THE STUDY OF NATURE Two Volumes Each Year VOLUME IX January, 1901, to May, 1901 EDITED BY WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY CHICAGO A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher 203 Michigan Ave. 1901 Copyright, 1901, by A. W. Mumford BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Vol. IX JANUARY, 1901. No. 1 CONTENTS. THE OLD YEAR. 1 THE WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. (_Loxia leucoptera._) 2 THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL. 5 THE STUDY OF BACTERIA. 6 THE YELLOW-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 8 THE TOWNSEND’S WARBLER. (_Dendroica townsendi._) 11 THE STORY OF SOME BLACK BUGS. 12 THE SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 13 THE KNOT OR ROBIN SNIPE. (_Tringa canutus._) 14 VIOLA BLANDA. (_Sweet White Violet._) 14 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BIRD. 17 THE AMERICAN HAWK OWL. (_Surnia ulula caparoch._) 23 A BIRD CALENDAR BY THE POETS. 24 So when the night falls and the dogs do howl 25 THE OYSTER AND ITS RELATIVES. 26 THE PASSING OF SUMMER. 32 When will the summer come again? 32 THE COLLARED LIZARD. (_Crotaphytus collaris._) 35 A NIGHT IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. A FAIRY STORY. 36 RABBIT’S CREAM. 37 THE APPLE. 38 Shed no tear!—O shed no tear 41 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SEED-BEARING PLANTS. 42 VANILLA. (_Vanilla planifolia, Andrews._) 47 THE OLD YEAR. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.