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                            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 XII
                     June, 1902, to December, 1902


                     EDITED BY WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY


                                CHICAGO
                        A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher
                           203 Michigan Ave.
                                  1902

                          Copyright, 1902, by
                             A. W. MUMFORD




                           BIRDS AND NATURE.
                   ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
  Vol. XII.                    JUNE, 1902.                       No. 1.




                               CONTENTS.


    JUNE.                                                              1
    WAY OF JUNE.                                                       1
    THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. (_Elanoides forficatus_.)                 2
    TO THE BIRDS.                                                      5
    OLD-FASHIONED OUTINGS. PART I.                                     6
    THE ALICE’S THRUSH. (_Turdus aliciae_.)                           11
    A BIT OF FICTION FROM BIRDLAND.                                   12
    THE CAROLINA CHICKADEE. (_Parus carolinensis_.)                   14
    DICK. (THE STORY OF A DOG.)                                       17
    THE VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW. (_Tachycineta thalassina_.)             23
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