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 XI January, 1902, to May, 1902 EDITED BY WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY CHICAGO A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher 203 Michigan Ave. 1902 Copyright, 1902, by A. W. Mumford BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Vol. XI. JANUARY, 1902. No. 1 CONTENTS. A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR’S EVE. 1 THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. (_Regulus satrapa._) 2 THE TALKING PINE TREE. 5 THE KING RAIL. (_Rallus elegans._) 11 BETWEEN THE DAYLIGHT AND THE DARK. 12 TO A NUTHATCH. 13 THE BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. (_Sitta pusilla._) 14 MY RED-HEADED NEIGHBORS. 17 BEAUTIFUL SNOW. 20 THE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. (_Accipiter velox._) 23 BIRDS ON THE WING. 24 A SUNSET CLUB. 25 QUARTZ. 26 EVENING IN THE CANYON. 30 BERRIES OF THE WOODS. 31 EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF NATURAL OBJECTS. 32 TWO STRANGE HOMES. 32 THE GREENLAND WHALE. (_Balaena mysticetus._) 35 Through the silent watches of the night 37 THE THISTLE. 38 The smallest effort is not lost 41 WITH SILVER CHAINS AND GAY ATTIRE. 42 THE BIRDS IN THEIR WINTER HOME. (In the Woods.) 43 IRISH MOSS. (_Chondrus crispus lyngb._) 47 THE CARDINAL FLOWER. 48 A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR’S EVE. Stay yet, my friends, a moment stay— Stay till the good old year, So long companion of our way, Shakes hands and leaves us here. Oh stay, oh stay, One little hour, and then away.