BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Vol. XI. MARCH, 1902. No. 3. CONTENTS EASTER CAROL. 97 SPRING. 97 THE WINTER WREN. (_Troglodytes hiemalis._) 98 VOICES IN THE GARDEN. 101 THE LECONTE’S SPARROW. (_Ammodramus leconteii._) 107 EASTER LILIES. 108 THE CALL OF THE KILLDEE. 109 THE NORTHERN PHALAROPE. (_Phalaropus lobatus._) 110 OUR LITTLE MARTYRS. 113 A CARGO OF STOWAWAYS. 114 THE HAIRY WOODPECKER. (_Dryobates villosus._) 119 A VARICOLORED FROG. 120 WAS IT REASON OR INSTINCT? 121 OPAL. 122 THE CROCUS. 127 MARCH. 128 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. (_Ovis aries._) 131 THE BEAUTY OF A STORM. 133 The snow-plumed angel of the north 133 THE VIOLET. 134 THE ROUND-LOBED LIVERWORT. (_Hepatica hepatica._) 137 THE SPRING MIGRATION. I. THE WARBLERS. 138 A PET SQUIRREL. 140 THE ENGLISH WALNUT AND RELATED TREES. (_Juglans regia L._) 143 AWAKENING. 144 EASTER CAROL. Hepatica, anemone, And bloodroot snowy white, With their pretty wildwood sisters, Are opening to the light. Each blossom bears a message That a little child may read, Of the wondrous miracle of life Hid in the buried seed. In the woods and fields and gardens We may find the blessed words Writ in beauty, and may hear them, Set in music by the birds. It is Nature’s Easter carol, And we, too, with gladness sing, For we see the Life immortal In the promise of the spring. —Anna M. Pratt, From “Among Flowers and Trees with the Poets.” SPRING.