BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Vol. XII. NOVEMBER, 1902. No. 4. CONTENTS. NOVEMBER. 145 THE PILEATED WOODPECKER. (_Ceophloeus pileatus_.) 146 SABBATH BY THE LAKE. 149 “HAMMOCK STORIES.” MRS. FIG TREE’S FAMILY HISTORY. 150 BUILDING FOR BIRD TENANTS. 152 THE LIGHT OF THE LEAVES. 152 THE STARLING. (_Sturnus vulgaris_.) 155 NOVEMBER. 157 THE ARKANSAS GOLDFINCH. (_Spinus psaltria_.) 158 TRAGEDY IN BIRD LIFE. 161 THE LIFE OF AIRY WINGS. 162 THE CELESTIAL BIRD. 164 THE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. (_Charadrius squatarola_.) 167 SOME BIRD WONDERS. 168 THE DIAMOND. 170 INDIAN SUMMER. 176 THE HORNED TOADS. 179 DOWN IN DIXIE-LAND. 180 MY BAT. 181 THE ATLAS MOTH. (_Attacus atlas_.) 182 A BUTTERFLY. 182 WHEN BILLIE CAME BACK. 185 BEAUTIFUL VINES TO BE FOUND IN OUR WILD WOODS. II. 186 COMPTIE. 187 THE RIVER PATH. 188 EGG PLANT. (_Solanum esculentum_ L.) 191 There comes, from yonder height 191 A MYSTERY. 192 NOVEMBER. When thistle-blows do lightly float About the pasture-height, And shrills the hawk a parting note, And creeps the frost at night, Then hilly ho! though singing so, And whistle as I may, There comes again the old heart pain Through all the livelong day. In high wind creaks the leafless tree And nods the fading fern: The knolls are dun as snow-clouds be, And cold the sun does burn. The ho, hollo! though calling so, I cannot keep it down; The tears arise unto my eyes, And thoughts are chill and brown.