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 X June, 1901, to December, 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. X JUNE, 1901. No. 1 CONTENTS. JUNE. 1 BULLOCK’S ORIOLE. (_Icterus bullocki._) 2 AN AFTERNOON IN THE CORNFIELD. 5 THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS. 7 HOUSE-HUNTING IN ORCHARD TOWN. 8 THE SANDERLING. (_Calidris arenaria._) 11 PARTNERS. 12 O violets tender 13 THE GREAT NORTHERN SHRIKE. (_Lanius borealis._) 14 ORIOLE. 19 THE FIRE-BIRD. 20 BRANDT’S CORMORANT. (_Phalacrocorax penicillatus._) 23 MATE, OR PARAGUAY TEA. 24 Behind the cloud the starlight lurks 25 THE AMERICAN BUFFALO. (_Bison americanus._) 26 MR. CHAT, THE PUNCHINELLO. A TRUE STORY. 31 AGATE. 35 MARTYRS OF THE WOODS. 36 A PANSY BED. 37 THE MULLEN. 38 THE CALL OF THE PARTRIDGE. 41 JIM CROW AND HIS COUSINS. 42 COCOA. (_Theobroma cacao_, L.) 44 THE CANOE-BIRCH. 48 JUNE. No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer.