BIRDS AND NATURE.

CONTENTS.

TO A HUMMINGBIRD.

THE ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD. (Calypte anna.)

LONGING.

EXPERIENCES WITH “HUMMERS.”

MY HUMMINGBIRD.

THE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. (Selasphorus rufus.)

WHAT A LITTLE MOUSE SAID.

ABOUT A SPARROW.

THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. (Zonotrichia albicollis.)

A PLANT THAT MELTS ICE.

THE HUMMINGBIRDS. Maxime miranda in minimus!

EACH IN ITS OWN WAY.

THE PARULA WARBLER. (Compsothlypis americana.)

A DAINTY LOVER.

A BIRD NOTE.

GOLDENROD.

BALLADE.

TOURMALINE.

THE STAR FISH.

IN THE MEADOW.

THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. (Elephas indicus.)

THE WILD CLEMATIS.

TOPSY.

THE WALRUS. (Trichechus rosmarus.)

TOUCHING INCIDENTS ABOUT PIGEONS.

ON THE SAN JOAQUIN.

THE BENGAL TIGER. (Felis tigris.)

AD VESPERAM.

Transcriber’s Notes