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.
...