BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Vol. XII. SEPTEMBER, 1902. No. 2. CONTENTS. SEPTEMBER. 49 THE PALM WARBLER. (_Dendroica palmarum_.) 50 OLD-FASHIONED OUTINGS. PART II. 53 OUR KINSMAN. 56 THE LONG-BILLED CURLEW. (_Numenius longirostris_.) 59 ON JEWELLED WINGS. 60 Oh! the bonny, bonny dell, whaur the primroses won 61 THE EVERGLADE KITE. (_Rostrhamus sociabilis_.) 62 THE ANIMALS’ FAIR. PART I. 65 THE BIRD AND THE MOUSE. 68 THE GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. (_Ammodramus savannarum passerinus_.) 71 A HAPPY FAMILY. 72 THE DAMSEL FLY. 73 FELDSPAR. 74 THE WOOD HARMONY. 79 THE COTTAGE BY THE WOOD. 80 A NEW ARGYNNIS. 83 Lo, the bright train their radiant wings unfold! 83 BUTTERFLY. 84 A PROLIFIC PEACH TREE STUMP. 84 THE COWRIES AND SHELL MONEY. 86 THE BIRD OF SUPERSTITION. 91 THE WISCONSIN DELLS. 91 MY SUMMER NIGHT. 92 THE CHERRY. (_Prunus cerasus_ L.) 95 NASTURTIUMS. 96 SEPTEMBER. O golden month! How high thy gold is heaped! The yellow birch-leaves shine like bright coins strung On wands; the chestnut’s yellow pennons tongue To every wind its harvest challenge. Steeped In yellow, still lie fields where wheat was reaped; And yellow still the corn sheaves, stacked among The yellow gourds, which from the earth have wrung Her utmost gold. To highest boughs have leaped The purple grape,—last thing to ripen, late By very reason of its precious cost. O Heart, remember, vintages are lost If grapes do not for freezing night-dews wait. Think, while thou sunnest thyself in Joy’s estate, Mayhap thou canst not ripen without frost! —Helen Hunt Jackson.