BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Vol. XI. FEBRUARY, 1902. No. 2. CONTENTS. FEBRUARY. 49 THE BLUE-HEADED VIREO. (_Vireo solitarius._) 50 BOOK AND MRS. OYSTER 53 THE CALIFORNIAN THRASHER. (_Harporhynchus redivivus._) 59 WINTER’S SECRET. 60 A QUEER PARTNERSHIP. 61 THE BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD. (_Selasphorus platycercus._) 62 A BIRD THAT HUNG HIMSELF. 65 WINTER MEMORIES. 66 SOME OF OUR WINTER BIRDS. IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. 67 THE BROAD-WINGED HAWK. (_Buteo latissimus._) 71 THE BIRD’S COMPLAINT. 72 CALIFORNIA POPPIES. 73 QUARTZ. 74 MIDWINTER. 79 A CATASTROPHE IN HIGH LIFE. 80 THE DOMESTIC CAT. 83 “CUBBY.” 85 SOAPWORT OR BOUNCING BET. (_Saponaria officinalis._) 86 TURTLE-HEAD OR SNAKE-HEAD. (_Chelone glabra._) 86 THE POCKET BIRD. 89 THE BIRDS IN THEIR WINTER HOME. II. (In the Fields.) 90 MUSIC-LOVING FELINES. 92 FIRE-FLIES. 92 SUGAR-CANE. (_Saccharum officinarum Lin._) 95 DEATH OF THE FOREST MONARCH. 96 FEBRUARY.