Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals
Page A RARE HUMMING BIRD. 145 THE LADY'S SLIPPER. 146 JIM AND I. 149 WHY AND WHEREFORE OF THE COLORS OF BIRDS' EGGS. 152 TEA. 155 THE TOWHEE; CHEWINK. 158 WEE BABIES. 161 WISH-TON-WISH. 162 THE BEE AND THE FLOWER. 164 THE CANARY. 167 THE PAROQUET. 169 THE CAROLINA PAROQUET. 17...
No, not quite all of them. Way over on Last street there was an exciting scene. Mr. Silence Prairie Dog sat upright in front of his door fairly shaking all over with anger. His...
4. Part 4It seems almost incredible that scarcely more than half a century has witnessed the passing of a once abundant species of our native bird. Like the bison, the paroquet has been...
2. Part 2The why and wherefore of the colors of birds' eggs, says Ernest Ingersoll, has been a favorite theme for speculation, from the quaint surmisings of Sir Thomas Browne to the sole...
1. Part 1Page A RARE HUMMING BIRD. 145 THE LADY'S SLIPPER. 146 JIM AND I. 149 WHY AND WHEREFORE OF THE COLORS OF BIRDS' EGGS. 152 TEA. 155 THE TOWHEE; CHEWINK. 158 WEE BABIES. 161 WISH-T...
5. Part 5For many years, both under Russian and American control, the herds have, as I have said, received absolute protection on land, the killing for skins being restricted to the band...
6. Part 6The black oxide of iron, magnetite, occurs widely distributed. As its name indicates, it sometimes displays the properties of a magnet. If a fragment of unequal dimensions be su...