Category: Poetry
NOVEMBER. 145 THE PILEATED WOODPECKER. (_Ceophloeus pileatus_.) 146 SABBATH BY THE LAKE. 149 “HAMMOCK STORIES.” MRS. FIG TREE’S FAMILY HISTORY. 150 BUILDING FOR BIRD TENANTS. 152 THE LIGHT OF THE LEAVES. 152 THE STARLING. (_Sturnus vulgaris_.) 155 NOVEMBER. 157 THE ARKANSAS GO...
This engaging bird has commanded the attention of observers for centuries. Pliny speaks of it in his Natural History, and one writer has said that “its varied song, its sprightl...
4. Part 4Diamond is much the hardest substance known in Nature, and as the proverb says only the Diamond is able to “cut Diamond.” It is ranked 10 in the scale of hardness on which miner...
3. Part 3Although the eagle is a bird of prey he is used as a national emblem on Persian, Roman and United States coins. Indeed, the eagle is often used for heraldic emblems, standards a...
1. Part 1NOVEMBER. 145 THE PILEATED WOODPECKER. (_Ceophloeus pileatus_.) 146 SABBATH BY THE LAKE. 149 “HAMMOCK STORIES.” MRS. FIG TREE’S FAMILY HISTORY. 150 BUILDING FOR BIRD TENANTS. 15...
5. Part 5Early last spring a pair of English sparrows took possession of Billie’s house and worked with a diligence worthy a better cause to fill it with sticks and bits of straw. I was...