Category: Poetry
A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR’S EVE. 1 THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. (_Regulus satrapa._) 2 THE TALKING PINE TREE. 5 THE KING RAIL. (_Rallus elegans._) 11 BETWEEN THE DAYLIGHT AND THE DARK. 12 TO A NUTHATCH. 13 THE BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. (_Sitta pusilla._) 14 MY RED-HEADED NEIGHBORS....
The rails are not fitted for easy flight and find safety from an enemy by running and hiding, only taking to flight when all other means of escape have been exhausted. They not...
4. Part 4Sagenitic Quartz.—This form of quartz, also known as “sagenite,” “fleche d’amour” (love’s arrow), “Venus’ hair stone,” and, if the included mineral be rutile, “rutilated quartz,...
1. Part 1A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR’S EVE. 1 THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. (_Regulus satrapa._) 2 THE TALKING PINE TREE. 5 THE KING RAIL. (_Rallus elegans._) 11 BETWEEN THE DAYLIGHT AND THE D...
3. Part 3The undivided care of the family left little time for personal attention. He looked shabby and forlorn by the time the young birds were old enough to quit the nest and seek thei...
5. Part 5Among other incidents in which Thistles have been in evidence may be mentioned the confusion into which the army of Charles the Bold was thrown, in 1465, because of the deceptiv...