BIRDS AND NATURE
IN NATURAL COLORS

A MONTHLY SERIAL
FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY

A GUIDE IN THE STUDY OF NATURE

Two Volumes each Year

VOLUME VIII.

June, 1900, to December, 1900

EDITED BY WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY

CHICAGO
A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher
203 Michigan Ave.
1900

NATURE AND ART
ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

Vol. VIII.

No. 1.

JUNE, 1900.

	Page
ALONE WITH NATURE.	1
A PATTERN FLOWER.	2
GOD'S HANDIWORK.	7
NATURAL RIGHTS OF BIRDS.	8
STRUCTURE AND HABITS OF BIRDS.	12
WILSON'S THRUSH.	13
THE FISH'S PLACE IN NATURE.	14
SOME INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT RIVERS.	20
SOME WATER INSECTS.	25
INSECT MUSIC.	31
CATTLE.	32
HOMING PIGEON.	36
THE TWO-STORIED NEST.	41
WHEAT HARVESTING.	42
A CHARMING HOME.	48

Alone with nature I love to roam,

'Midst forest shades, o'er meadows green,

Where the soft winds blow 'neath the azure dome,

And only the Works of God are seen.

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