The flowers droop their weary heads, The leaves are nodding in the breeze; Young birdlings sleep in downy beds; Squirrels are resting in the trees. The bats are flying low and high; The fishes rest in waters deep. The red has gone from western sky, All nature soon will be asleep. —Albert Schneider. Transcriber’s Notes --Reconstructed the Table of Contents (originally on each issue’s cover). --Created an eBook cover from elements within the issue. --Retained copyright notice on the original book (this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.) --Silently corrected a few palpable typos. --“Vulsmensis”, an error for “Vulsinensis”, was retained because the typo may have originated in the secondary source consulted by the author. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901], by Various