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| Vol. IX. | MAY, 1901. | No. 5 |
CONTENTS.
- MAY. 193
- Now, shrilleth clear each several bird his note 193
- AUDUBON’S ORIOLE. (Icterus audubonii.) 194
- TO A SEA-BIRD. 197
- FROM AN ORNITHOLOGIST’S YEAR BOOK. THE HEART OF A DRYAD. I. 198
- THE MARBLED GODWIT. (Limosa fedoa.) 201
- A BIRD-JOKE AT LEAFY LAWN. 202
- THE RUSTY BLACKBIRD OR GRACKLE. (Scolecophagus carolinus.) 204
- WHAT EVOLUTION MEANS. 207
- THE SURF SCOTER. (Oidemia perspicillata.) 213
- A BACK-YARD CLASS. 214
- THE AMERICAN ELK OR WAPITI. (Cervus canadensis.) 216
- A FRIENDLY FIELD MOUSE. 219
- THE OPENING OF WINTER BUDS. 220
- THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. 221
- THE NAUTILUS AND OTHER CEPHALOPODS. 222
- God made all the creatures and gave them 227
- THE TRAILING ARBUTUS. (Epigaea repens.) 228
- TRAILING ARBUTUS. 231
- THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL. (Kalmia latifolia.) 232
- Violets stir and arbutus waits 232
- HOPS. (Humulus lupulus L.) 235
- AWAKENING. 236
- INDEX. Volume IX—January, 1901, to May, 1901, Inclusive. 237
MAY.
May brings all the flowers at once,
Teased by rains and kissed by suns;
Now the meadows white and gold;
Now the lambs leap in the fold.
May is wreathed with virgin white;
Glad May dances all the night;
May laughs, rolling ’mong the flowers,
Careless of the wintry hours.
May’s storms turn to sunny rain,
And, when Iris springs again,
All the angels clap their hands,
Singing in their seraph bands.
—Walter Thornbury, “The Twelve Brothers.”
Now, shrilleth clear each several bird his note,
The Halcyon charms the wave that knows no gale,
About our eaves the swallow tells her tale,
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