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BIRDS AND NATURE. | ||
| ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. | ||
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| Vol. X. | SEPTEMBER, 1901. | No. 2 |
CONTENTS.
- TO A HUMMINGBIRD. 49
- THE ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD. (Calypte anna.) 50
- LONGING. 54
- EXPERIENCES WITH “HUMMERS.” 55
- MY HUMMINGBIRD. 56
- THE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. (Selasphorus rufus.) 59
- WHAT A LITTLE MOUSE SAID. 60
- ABOUT A SPARROW. 61
- THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. (Zonotrichia albicollis.) 62
- A PLANT THAT MELTS ICE. 65
- THE HUMMINGBIRDS. Maxime miranda in minimus! 66
- EACH IN ITS OWN WAY. 68
- THE PARULA WARBLER. (Compsothlypis americana.) 71
- A DAINTY LOVER. 72
- A BIRD NOTE. 72
- GOLDENROD. 72
- BALLADE. 73
- TOURMALINE. 74
- THE STAR FISH. 79
- IN THE MEADOW. 80
- THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. (Elephas indicus.) 83
- THE WILD CLEMATIS. 84
- TOPSY. 85
- THE WALRUS. (Trichechus rosmarus.) 86
- TOUCHING INCIDENTS ABOUT PIGEONS. 89
- ON THE SAN JOAQUIN. 90
- THE BENGAL TIGER. (Felis tigris.) 95
- AD VESPERAM. 96
TO A HUMMINGBIRD.
Voyager on golden air,
Type of all that’s fleet and fair,
Incarnate gem,
Live diadem
Bird-beam of the summer day,—
Whither on your sunny way?
Loveliest of all lovely things,
Roses open to your wings;
Each gentle breast
Would give you rest;
Stay, forget lost Paradise,
Star-bird fallen from happy skies.
Vanished! Earth is not his home;
Onward, onward must he roam
Swift passion-thought,
In rapture wrought,
Issue of the soul’s desire,
Plumed with beauty and with fire.
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