BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Vol. IX. MAY, 1901. No. 5 CONTENTS. MAY. 193 Now, shrilleth clear each several bird his note 193 AUDUBON’S ORIOLE. (_Icterus audubonii._) 194 TO A SEA-BIRD. 197 FROM AN ORNITHOLOGIST’S YEAR BOOK. THE HEART OF A DRYAD. I. 198 THE MARBLED GODWIT. (_Limosa fedoa._) 201 A BIRD-JOKE AT LEAFY LAWN. 202 THE RUSTY BLACKBIRD OR GRACKLE. (_Scolecophagus carolinus._) 204 WHAT EVOLUTION MEANS. 207 THE SURF SCOTER. (_Oidemia perspicillata._) 213 A BACK-YARD CLASS. 214 THE AMERICAN ELK OR WAPITI. (_Cervus canadensis._) 216 A FRIENDLY FIELD MOUSE. 219 THE OPENING OF WINTER BUDS. 220 THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. 221 THE NAUTILUS AND OTHER CEPHALOPODS. 222 God made all the creatures and gave them 227 THE TRAILING ARBUTUS. (_Epigaea repens._) 228 TRAILING ARBUTUS. 231 THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL. (_Kalmia latifolia._) 232 Violets stir and arbutus waits 232 HOPS. (_Humulus lupulus L._) 235 AWAKENING. 236 INDEX. Volume IX—January, 1901, to May, 1901, Inclusive. 237 MAY. May brings all the flowers at once, Teased by rains and kissed by suns; Now the meadows white and gold; Now the lambs leap in the fold. May is wreathed with virgin white; Glad May dances all the night; May laughs, rolling ’mong the flowers, Careless of the wintry hours. May’s storms turn to sunny rain, And, when Iris springs again, All the angels clap their hands, Singing in their seraph bands. —Walter Thornbury, “The Twelve Brothers.” Now, shrilleth clear each several bird his note, The Halcyon charms the wave that knows no gale, About our eaves the swallow tells her tale, Along the river banks the swan, afloat, And down the woodland glades the nightingale.