BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Vol. X. SEPTEMBER, 1901. No. 2 CONTENTS. TO A HUMMINGBIRD. 49 THE ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD. (_Calypte anna._) 50 LONGING. 54 EXPERIENCES WITH “HUMMERS.” 55 MY HUMMINGBIRD. 56 THE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. (_Selasphorus rufus._) 59 WHAT A LITTLE MOUSE SAID. 60 ABOUT A SPARROW. 61 THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. (_Zonotrichia albicollis._) 62 A PLANT THAT MELTS ICE. 65 THE HUMMINGBIRDS. Maxime miranda in minimus! 66 EACH IN ITS OWN WAY. 68 THE PARULA WARBLER. (_Compsothlypis americana._) 71 A DAINTY LOVER. 72 A BIRD NOTE. 72 GOLDENROD. 72 BALLADE. 73 TOURMALINE. 74 THE STAR FISH. 79 IN THE MEADOW. 80 THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. (_Elephas indicus._) 83 THE WILD CLEMATIS. 84 TOPSY. 85 THE WALRUS. (_Trichechus rosmarus._) 86 TOUCHING INCIDENTS ABOUT PIGEONS. 89 ON THE SAN JOAQUIN. 90 THE BENGAL TIGER. (_Felis tigris._) 95 AD VESPERAM. 96 TO A HUMMINGBIRD. Voyager on golden air, Type of all that’s fleet and fair, Incarnate gem, Live diadem Bird-beam of the summer day,— Whither on your sunny way? Loveliest of all lovely things, Roses open to your wings; Each gentle breast Would give you rest; Stay, forget lost Paradise, Star-bird fallen from happy skies. Vanished! Earth is not his home; Onward, onward must he roam Swift passion-thought, In rapture wrought, Issue of the soul’s desire, Plumed with beauty and with fire. —John Vance Cheney. THE ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD. (_Calypte anna._)