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| Vol. XII. | DECEMBER, 1902. | No. 5. |
CONTENTS.
- DECEMBER. 193
- THE HOODED ORIOLE. (Icterus cucullatus.) 194
- THE ORIOLE’S MISSION. 197
- THE CLOTHES MOTH AND ITS METHODS. 197
- INCIDENTS ABOUT BIRDS. 198
- THE CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW. (Antrostomus carolinensis.) 201
- AN AMATEUR CIRCUS. A True Story. 202
- THE GRAY-CROWNED LEUCOSTICTE. (Leucosticte tephrocotis.) 204
- CORUNDUM AND SPINEL. 207
- THE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. (Zonotrichia leucophrys.) 213
- AFTER THE SNOW STORM. 214
- THE FEATHERED FISHERMAN. 215
- A WINTER-PIECE AMONG THE PENTLANDS. 215
- THE CARNATION. 216
- WINTER SONG. 219
- BUDS OF PROMISE. COLD WEATHER NOTES FROM NATURE. 220
- HOW A CAT SAVED THE LIFE OF A CANARY. 222
- THE POCKET RATS. 225
- WINTER VISITORS. 226
- BEAUTIFUL VINES TO BE FOUND IN OUR WILD WOODS III. 227
- THE PERSIMMON. (Diospyros virginiana.) 228
- AS TO ALLIGATORS. 231
- DANDELION. (Taraxacum taraxacum Karst.) 235
- FROM SPRING TO RIVULET. 236
- INDEX. Volume XII—June, 1902, to December, 1902, inclusive. 237
DECEMBER.
When the feud of hot and cold
Leaves the autumn woodlands bare;
When the year is getting old,
And flowers are dead, and keen the air;
When the crow has new concern,
And early sounds his raucous note;
And—where the late witch-hazels burn—
The squirrel from a chuckling throat
Tells that one larder’s space is filled,
And tilts upon a towering tree;
And, valiant, quick, and keenly thrilled,
Upstarts the tiny chickadee;
When the sun’s still shortening arc
Too soon night’s shadows dun and gray
Brings on, and fields are drear and dark,
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