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                           BIRDS AND NATURE.
                   ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
  Vol. IX.                   FEBRUARY, 1901.                      No. 2




                               CONTENTS.


    FEBRUARY.                                                         49
    FROST-WORK.                                                       49
    THE HAWKS.                                                        50
    INTERESTING STONE HOUSES.                                         55
    THE ALASKAN SPARROW.                                              56
    THE DOWITCHER. (_Macrorhamphus griseus._)                         59
        All the beautiful stars of the sky                            59
    SOME THINGS WE MIGHT LEARN FROM THE LOWER ANIMALS.                60
    THE GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE. (_Quiscalus macrourus._)                62
    THE EAGLE.                                                        62
    THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BIRDS.                           65
    THE HOODED WARBLER (_Sylvania mitrata._)                          71
    MRS. JANE'S EXPERIMENT.                                           72
    A STROLL IN THE FROST KING'S REALM.                               73
    SNAILS OF THE FOREST AND FIELD.                                   74
